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TAGR EIGHT A8HLAKD TTT)r!?fi8 Monday, January 20, 1017 CROOKED, BUT FAMOUS. Washington 6irMt, Boiten, On of the World' Groat Thoroughfare. Washington street In Boston Is one of the great thoroughfares of Amer ica, worthy to rank with Broadway In New lork and Mlchtgau aveuue In Chicago. Like nearly everything else In Boston, It has a history of almost Incredible length and respectability, making other streets seem painfully young and callow and crude. Moreover, Washington street is one of the longest In the world, running II the way through Boston 'and on to another town without n stop or a break. This Is not accomplished without mauy a bend and meander, however, for Washington street Is amazingly crook ed, as are nearly all the thoroughfares of Turltan origin. It seems that the Mayflower party did not realize how lilg Boston was going to be, and so they carelessly let the cows lay out the streets as they wandered home ward. Washington street today does not look like an aristocrat of ancient lin eage, however. On the contrary, it ap pears decidedly democratic, swarming with all sorts of pt-ople who Jostle and push each other on the narrow, overflowing sidewalks in the brilliant glare of numerous electric 6lgns that flash the rival merits of moving pic ture shows, bars and cafes. Exchange. CURIOUS CLUBS. Tho Man Killers, Tholr Choorful Talk and Fitting Fat. One of the oldest purely social clubs was the Everlasting club, limited In membership to a hundred people, who divided the day among them In such a way that some of them were always on the premises. Solely for the pur pose of keeping up the Are from which members lighted their pipes an old woman was kept, and during the fifty years of exlstcuce the club members smoked fifty tons of tobacco. No one who tod not killed an op ponent in a duel was allowed to be a member of the Man Killing club, where the conversation was confined to wounds, bullets and slaughter. Curi ously enough, most of the members, were executed. "Very different In character was the Six o'clock club, wboae members, num bering six only, met at 6 In the even ing and separated at 6 In the morning. Meeting early In the eveulng and sitting smoking until midnight, the curious people forming the Humdrum club observed the strictest silence But perhaps the most curious club of all was the No Nose club, which was founded by an unwilling follower of the Egyptian fashion of flat faces. London Telegraph. Persia' Qroat 8uprtition. The greatest suiiersUtlon lu I'ersia Is what is known as the "evil eye." You must not say to some oue whom you meet, "How well you are looking!" for If you do and that person la taken ill It will be because yon gave him the evil eye. You must not say to a moth er, "What a pretty babyl" "What a bright child!" for if you do and any thing unfortunate happens to the child you will be considered responsible. Many mothers let the children go dirty and poorly clothed in order that they may not attract favorable attention. The sign which Is thought to'have some power to avert the evil eye consists In holding the second and third Angers of both hands close to the palms with the thumbs, while the other Angers are ex tended straight out Then, with the hands behind you, you make a down ward movement three times. 8truggl of th Riv.r. The discovery that there is a kind of struggle for existence and survival of the fittest among rivers Is one of the most Interesting results of the modern study of physiography. A. notable ex ample of this contest Is exhibited by England's two biggest rivers, the Thames and the Severn. Between their valleys He the Cotswold hills, and exploration shows that the Severn by eating backward among these bills where softer strata underlie them has diverted to Itself some of the headwa ters which formerly flowed Into the Thames. Broking It Gently. "I have called, sir, to see the photo of the lady with $25,000 who wants a husband. "Can you keep your face atralgbtf ' "Of course I can." "Very well. We'll break you In first with the $5,000 applicants, and then gradually, as you grow stronger, we will work you up to the big prize. This way, please, and don't get fright ened." Exchange. Boa at Horn. "Dow can you tell that the conductor is the boss in bis bouse?" asked the re cruit "Simple," boasted the great detec tive. "That woman asked him where she got off, snd be said. 'I'll tell you where you get off.' "Buffalo Express. INTERNATIONAL PEACE Plan to 8our It Hav Bean Triad Far Thrae Canturiaa. Admirable and farslghted pluus for securing a peaceful international order have bceu before the world for 300 years. M. Emerlc Cruce submitted his pluu, which, included liberty of com merce throughout all the world, as early as 101'3. i'ollowliig the peace of Utrecht, the Abbe de St. Tlcrre devel oped his plan, wjilch Included media tion, arbitration and an Interesting ad dition to the effect that any sovereign who took up arms before the union of notions had declared war or who re fused to execute a regulation of the union or a Judgment of the senate was to be declared an enemy of European society. The union was then to muke war upon him until he should be dis armed or until the regulation or Judg ment should be executed. Some twenty years earlier William reim had produced his quaint and real ly extraordinary plan for the peace of Europe, lu which lie, too, proposed to proceed by military power against any sovereign who refused to submit his claims to a proposed diet or parlia ment, of Em-ope or who refused to abide by and to perform any Judgment of such a body. All theso plans, like those of Rous seau, Bentham and Kant, which came later, as well as William Ladd's elab orate aud carefully considered essay on a congress of nations, published in 1840, were brought into the world too soon. They were the fine and noble dreams of seers which It Is taking civ ilized men three centuries and more to begin effectively to realize. New York Times. SAVED BY A CAMERA MAN. How Ho Won a Lease of Life For 6om of Villa's Victims. During one of his earlier campaigns Francisco Villa bad an American movie photographer, Burrud by name, attached to his staff, who spent a good deal of his time taking pictures of the excessively vain "general" him self. Sometimes, however, Burrm w-as called upon to undertake more stren uous operations. The following story, for Instance Is told In Francis A. Col lins' "The Camera Man:" "Burrud was called outdoors unex pectedly at sunrise one morning and directed to report, with his camera, at once to headquarters. When be arriv ed, coatless and breakfastless, before Villa's .tent he whs told that the gen eral had decided to have some twenty prisoners shot and wanted a moving picture taken of the execution. The prisoners, most of them political mere ly, were to be butchered to make a moving picture scene. "Burrud feigned to examine his cam era closely and then. explained to the general that his films were bad and that it would be Impossible to take the picture-until a new supply had arrived. Villa was disgusted to miss the enter tainment but the camera man insisted that there was no uso lu making the exposure, and the picture aud the ex ecution were put off several days. "By the time the next supply of films arrived the general . had fortunately changed his mind and the men were saved." Electricity and Coal Waate. From coal wS chiefly draw the sun's stored energy, which Is required to meet our Industrial and commercial needs. According to statistical records, the output In the United States during an average year la 480,000,000 tons. In perfect engines this fuel would be suf ficient to develop 600,000,000 horsepow er steadily for oue year, but the squan dering is so reckless Unit we do not get more than 5 per cent of Its heating value on the average. A comprehen sive electrical plan for mining, trans porting and using coal could much re duce this appalling waste. What is more, Inferior grades, billions of tons of which are being thrown away, might be turned to profitable use. Nikola Tesla in Collier's Weekly. The Color Cur. . To cure smallpox was apparently a very simple nuittor In the good old times. John of Gaddeston, court doc tor to Edward II., has recorded that he got rid of the disease by the simple expedient of wrapping his patients In red cloth. "Let scarlet red be taken," be says, "snd let him who Is suffering from smallpox be entirely wrapped In It or In some other red cloth. I did thus when the son of the illustrious king of England suffered from small pox. I took care that all about his bed should be red, and that cure succeeded very well." London Tatler. Desperation. "Is dls high cost of llvln' worryln you?" asked Meandering Mike. "It s. drlvln' me desperate," replied Plodding Tete. "I'm almost tempted to go to work." Washington Star. Nothing Lost "1 bear she doesn't like me with a mostacbe." "Going to shave It off, 1 s'pose?" "Ob, not She never liked me,"-K an sa City Journal Difficulty Is only a word Indicating the i'i' Tiw nt (ttren rtli rconlnlte for av CuujplisUiug a particular object Raising Geese. The raising of geese was a profitable occupation of farming In England years ago, and some farmers bad flocks of 8,000 or 10,000. Each goose pro duced a shilling's worth of feathers every year and quills to the value of threepence. The quills were used for pens. Easy. Bill Be always said he'd never mar ry until the right girl came along." Jill-Well, bow does he know that the one he is about to marry is the right one? "Ob, she told him she was." Yon ken Statesman. Neighbors. "What sort of neighbors have youf "The usual sort Cost us Just a lit tle more than 1 earn to keep up with 'em."-Detrolt Free Press. What a happy world this would be if every man spoke as well of his live neighbors as be does of bis dead ones! WASHING THE DISHES. Doing This Job Only One a Day, It la - - 8aid, Saves Time. "The careful housekeeper will always resent the suggestion that once a day Is often enough to wash dishes," writes Dr. II. Burnard In "Table Tulk" lu the National Food Magazine. "She cannot train herself to allow soiled plates ami silverware to slack up from one meal to the next, for she has been taught that such actions are evidence of shift less, slovenly housekeeping. As a mat ter of tah, along with many other no tions which aro fixed In the operation of the home, both time and energy are saved by cutting out two of the three dally dishwashing Jobs." , Ir. Barnard goes on to recite the ex perience of one housekeeper who actu ally dared study the homely work of dishwashing. One week she washed dishes three times a day; the next week she washed each (lay's dishes alto gether. She used the same number of dishes each day In both weeks. She found that It took her fifty-one minutes a day to wash dishes after each uicul and forty-one minutes n day to wash them once a day. This took account only of time, but there was a considerable additional saving lu gas or fuel consumed by heating-water once lnstend of thrice a day, to sny nothing of the saving In soap. SALT IN THE FOOD. Why Its Flavor at Times le Too Weak or Too Strong. The average housewife wonders why she often over or under suits her dishes when she "knows" that she salted them Just right, us she always did aud us the recipes called for. The reason is Just this. Tho season lug' value of different brands of salt varies widely. This Is easily proved. Take five slices of ripe tomatoes; apply equal parts of fire makes of salt upon the separate pieces. Eat as soon as salted. The difference lu flavor, per mcatlon, rapidity and equality of dis solution and seasoning valuo are read lly tietccteJ. (able bait should be fine, the crys tals of equul size, quickly soluble and free from ingredients which absorb moisture from the air. Large and small ,'V.vslals will not dissolve uni fofuiryveonsequently the full salting effect la not obtained until the large crystals are dissolved. The quickly soluble salt diffuses Itself through the food at once and gives an equality of savor. Sticky salt Is an intrusive nul sauce. Failures in salting are largely due to changing from one make of salt to an other. Get the best grade, grow ac customed to Its use and stick to it San Francisco Chronicle. . " Single File. When the Indians traveled together they seldom walked or rode two or more abreast, but followed one anoth er In slnglo file. It has been thought by some that this practice resulted from the lack of roads, which com pelled them to make their way through woods and around rocks by narrow paths. If this were the real reason for the practice, then we should expect to find that the tribes who lived In open countries traveled in company, as do Whites. The true reoson for Jour neying as the Indians did in single file seems to be a feeling of casta This feeling was at the bottom of other customs of the Indians. It made their women slaves and rendered the men silent and unsocial. This peculiarity Is Asiatic. How It has warped and disfigured Hindu life is well known The women of a Chinese household are seldom seen In the street. The chil dren, when accompanying their father, follow him at a respectful distance, in single file and In the order of their ages. Poor John! "Hello! Is this you, mother dear?" "Yes, Sue. What Is It? Something awful must have happened for you to call me up at this" "It's not bo awful. But John, dear, hasn't been feeling well, and the doc tor gave him pills to take every four hours. I've been sitting up to give them to him, aud now It's about time for his medicine, but John has fallen asleep. Should I wake him?" "I wouldn't If 1 were you. What Is he suffering from?" "Insomnia." Pittsburgh Telegraph-Chronicle. Smoking In Japan. In Japan woman bus smoked ever since tobacco was Introduced and lu variably used the pipe of metal with the tiny bowl holding only sufficient tobacco to provide half a dozen whiffs which was In universal use until the cigarette entered Japan with other western innovations. His Excuse. "Your honor, l frankly admit that 1 vas exceeding the speed limit, but I was afraid of being late at court" "What was your business at court?" "I had to answer to a charge of ex ceeding the speed limit" New York Times. Friendly Advice. "We surprised all our friends by get ting man-led." "Good enough. Now surprise 'em by staying married."-Excbauge. An Ancient Cake. Patience Would you like to see the cake I got on my twenty-eighth birth day? ratrlce Why. yes! Is It well preserved? Yonkers Statesman. How blessings brighten sb they take ftielr fllght!-Young. State Taxpayers' League at Salem Salem, Jan. 27. The annual meet ing of the State Taxpayers' League was held hero today with over sixty delegates from all parts of the state in attendance. The league went on record, In the way of a resolution that it was not in favor of tho state officials adding even 6 per cent each year to the amount raised for taxes tho preceding year. Governor Withycombe spoke In fa vor of a moro clastic system of taxa tion, rather than tho 6 per cent lim itation. . He said that California and Washington wcrp expending large sums of money In advertising and that the occasion might arise in our state where It would be advisable to raise more than 6 per cent of the former year's levy. He thought that our sys tem should be more clastic, especially as the great resources of the state had scarcely been touched. Senator La Follette was n&t In fa vor of paying out more state money to the Industrial Accident Commis sion and cited what had been done In 32 other, states. He thought the commission should bo self-sustaining. This subject was the cause of lengthy discussion. A mild sensation was sprung at the meeting today when J. A. Westerlund of Medford, vice-president of the State Taxpayers' League, presented the following resolution on tho 6 per cent tax limitation: "Whereas, the 6 per cent tax limi tation amendment adopted by the people of Oregon as part of tho state constitution Is being Interpreted by many tax-levying bodies as a guaran tee of the privilege of Increasing tax levies 6 per cent each and every year; and "Whereas, when so applied, It com pounds annually until at the end of ten years the increase of taxation is about 181 pe,r cent over what It was In the year 1916, when taxes already were burdensome, therefore be It "Resolved, that It is the sonse of the State Taxpayers' League, In regu lar convention assembled, at Salem, Ore., January 27, 1917, that notice be served by local and county taxpayers' associations upon all tax-levying bod ies that those who make the 6 per cent tax limitation amendment an ex cuse for an increase of 6 per cent compounded annually are not work ing in harmony with the Interest of said constitutional amendment. . "Resolved, that a committee be ap pointed by the president to prepare a report upon this subject at their first meeting In 1918, with recom mendations for consideration by this league." J. A. Westerlund was again re elected vice-president of the Stat Taxpayers' League Umatilla county has Increased in weajth nearly $1,500,000 in the past year. Comply With the Law AND USE: Printed Butter Wrappers ACCORDING to the ruling of the Oregon Dairy and Food Commission all dairy butter sold or exposed for sale in this state must be wrapped in butter paper upon which is printed the worda "Oregon Dairy Butter, 16 (or 32) ounces full weight," with the name and address of the maker. To enable patrons of the Tidings to easily comply with this ruling this office has put in a supply of the standard sizes of butter paper and will print it in lots of 100 sheets and up ward and deliver it by parcels post at the fol lowing prices: , 100 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces $1.50 250 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces $2.15 500 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces $3.25 Send your orders to us by mail accompan ied by the price of the paper and it will be promptly forwarded to you by parcel post, prepaid. We use the best butter paper obtainable, and our workmanship is of the best. Let us have your order and you will not regret it. Ashland Tidings Ashland, Oregon Classified Advertisements TOO LATE TO CLASS ITT. WANTED Old Junk, rags, bottles, paper, rubber, hides. Will call, city or country. Address A. Be nard, P. P., Ashlr.nd. 72-lmo. WANTED -Pruning by contract or day work, by experienced men. A. Benard, Ashland. 72-3t FOR SALE Some fine Barred Rock cockerels from imported eggs, $1.50 each. L. I. Crawford, Tal ent, Orc. 72-2t FOR RENT Furnished rooms and apartments, clean and well sup- . plied; also a small cottage. Loca tion good. Call at 153 Granite street or phone 41 1-R. It FOR-SALE Will "sacrifice-my 23 acrc home, two miles east of Ash- . land on Main street road; 21 culti vated; 13 in commercial pears, bearing; 4 acres hay land; 2 acres gooseberries, other fruit for home use; large 7 -room bungalow; nice, new barn; wagon and team; ati farm tools; good cow; water piped to house and barn; fine place for chickens; will leave range and beater in the house. If you aro looking for a bargain, here it is. Am going eact. Price $3,800. Ad dress L. Sparks, Route 1, Box 172. 72-2t LOST Ladies' enameled belt pin, ia the form of a dragon-fly. Return to this office. Reward. 72-2t Umatilla county income tax pay ers to show big increase account of past years' prosperity. Fertilizer factory Is suggested to utilize fish cannery waste at Ban-don. 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