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PACK SIX ASHLAXD TTDIXOfl Monday, August 6, 1917 THE FAMILY LIFE. Iti Normal Restraint! Maka Man tha Master of Himself. Modern assullnlits of the family sup. pose that by Uestroylng It they cau emancipate the inillvldtinla who com pose it. In their delirium they con ceive that the coal of life Is the throw ing' off of all restraints, says William Itosooo Thayer in Harper's Magazine. Kothlug could be more mistaken. Normal restraints, those which build op a man and make him master of him eelf, are really the means by which he pets his true freedom. A little water In a boiler will generate enough steam to run a locomotive; the same volume on the frrotind Is a ptiddje and no more. Discipline is the barrel of the pun, the rudder of the ship. The same law applies to human beings, and such an liislltullon as the family has proved Itself indispensable to the highest de velopment of Its members. The man who thinks that by casting off Its ties he Kots a larger freedom deceives himself. At most lie ex changes a higher plane for a lower and secures whatever privileges that de sc out implies. Ho retreats toward the piano of the beast, out of which It has been man's mission to rise and climb. He accepts the bondago of a more in sistent scltihliness. AUSTRALIAN STOUE TALK. Their Term "Soft Goods" Means What We Call Dry Goods. The United States Is not the only country that takes liberties with the mother tongue. Australia speaks a language of, trade that would nut be understood elsewhere. For instance, "dry Roods" is seldom heard, the Aus tralian term being "soft goods." This peueially applies only to piece goods, with some inclusion of ready to wear articles. The house or shop that cur ries articles for men's wear Is known na a "mercery" and never as a haber dasher's. "Haberdashery" means what In America Is rovered by "notions." , The shop that handles women's wear Is known as a "draper's," and the or ganization composed of members of the trade is called the Master Drapers' as-v foclatlon. The "mantle" department Is the one that handles women's coats and suits. Tho manager of the store or shop is known as director, and an "nsslstnnt" Is a salesman. "Warehouseman does not menn a man who stores goods for others, but a wholesale dealer In "soft goods" and the like. The business of what Is known In America as that of ware housemen is conducted in Australia by "bulk stores." New York World. Corsica and England, It Is an almost forgotten fact that for a period of a Htfle more than two years during the Napoleonic wars Cor sica was a British possession. After the evacuation of Toulon tho British government felt It necessary to take the Island, and Lord Howe, with Nel son ns brigadier, was sent to drive out the French. With the capture of Calvt July 12, 1704, where Nelson lost bis eye, the Island fell Into British bands, and tieorge III. formally accepted the crown of Corsica, appointing Sir George Elliott as British viceroy and allowing the Corsluans to retain their legislative assembly. In 1700 the activity of the French navy In other parts of the Mediterranean resulted in a sudden decision of the British government to Withdraw from the island. The evacu ation was completed on Oct. 20 of thnt year, and Corsica reverted to France. Ha Was Game. They had been married three months and were having their first quarrel, which shows that they were a remark able couple. "Evidently," she said Icily, "you re gret that you have married mo. The step Is not irrevocable, however. If you care to , be released from your bonds" "Naw," he Interrupted Impatiently. "I'm uo ninety day recruit I eullsted for the term of the war." She couldn't think of any retort, so the maintained a scornful silence. Cleveland Plain Dealer. History and Legend. Not far from the town of Charlotte Amalle, In what was once the Danish West Indies, are two old towers com monly known as Bluebeard's castle and Blackboard's castle. Legend has It that here these daring old bucca neers had their headquarters and play ed their rouianLle roles as "the hornets of the Spanish main," but history dis putes legend, for it says that they were really built by the Danish government as a measure of defense in 10S9. 8crew Propellers. Experiments made with two screw propellers for ships, one behind the ether, show that but little Increased speed is obtained by the arrangement, and rotating the two screws In oppo site directions, either at the same or different speeds, has little effect on the results. It Is. however, claimed that the double screw gives better con trol of the vessel. , Not a Gift "Did her father give the bride away?" "No. He said that would be a silly . custom when he knew very well that In a few weeks they'd both be back living at his expense." Detroit Free Press. Breaking It Centty. Pupil Now thut you have beard my Toice. would you recommend cultiva tion ? Teacher No; conservation. The Lamb Experience Is the extract of suffering. -Arthur Helps Our Friends the Birds. Birds are the friends of mankind. Were it not for their kindly offices, so 111 requited, men could not live upon tho earth more than a year or two. Insect life would sweep over the earth in a devastating flood. Every green thing would disappear as Insects great and small, (lying, creeping, swimming, boring and Munlvurous, swept over the land. The olrds, and the birds alone, are our guardians and keepers, and yet we moke senseless war upon them. Because a few birds that guard our Teas and chei.ies take tribute of the fruit they preserve we make senseless war upon them until by sad experience we are taught that it Is a choice be tween plenty of birds and fewer cher ries, nud without the birds no cherries at nil. The hawks and owls rid us of pestiferous vermin and now and then take n chicken for tribute. Therefore we make war upon hawks and owls, and by and by wo have no clover, be cause the mice have eaten the eggs of (ho bumblebee, nud so the clover Is not fertilized-Christian Begister. TUa Phanfnm Pnnt. The Ozai? mountains, which divide Arkansas from Missouri, are wonder fully picturesque, and one of their fea tures, which has come to be known as "Tho Phantom Pool," is quite, a curi osity. Adventurous visitors have been bringing back from time to time the story of the mysterious deception It practices upon the human vision, but there are always skeptics. Recently a party of NebrasKans set out ror me place with the purpose of removing all doubt. The rains had been very heavy and streams and ponds in the mountains were everywhere overflowing their banks. All conditions were favorable to upsetting the claim that the pool was always empty. The members of the irrouD were overjoyed upon looking down from an eminence to find that the pool appeared to be full to the brim. Coming to Its edge, however, they found it enintv. And now tuey ore encountering skepticism themselves. Cbrlstiuu Science Monitor. Peter the Great and Lawyers. In Uussla during the reign of Peter the Great private litigants might have their suits prosecuted free of cost by lawyers paid by the state. The emperor, discovering that his subjects were be ing Imposed upon by their legal agents, who contrived to delay trials until they had sucked their clients dry, enacted that sufficient solicitors and attorneys should be employed at handsome year ly salaries to officiate for the public in every matter of law. He ordered further that these men should Insert In a register written up dully the dates of applications to them and should pro ceed with the suits in the order In which they were received without re spect of persons. If they failed to do so, If they accepted any bribe or fee or If they were dilatory these lawyers were to be knouted aud sent to Siberia. Buying Furniture. If you arc going to put a lot of mon ey into a piece of furniture and please remember that the important pieces can never, if really good, be cheup-r-mako sure it Is right before it is too late. Be sure'tbnt it Is the kind of a piece that you will not only want to live with the rest of your life, but thnt you will love the more ns time goes on, for that Is what Invariably happens If a chair or a table Is built In the right way, on the right lines, of the right things. And such are the Investments which we never regret. Especially must one be ever watch ful in tho buying of upholstered furni ture lest a piece which looks good be suspiciously cheap, too cheap to war rant its being as good in its unseen raits as it appears on the surface. Philadelphia Ledger. Markets of Paris. The first markets of Paris were es tablished more than a thousand years ago In the Isle de la Cite. The booths were hereditary property, and their de scent was generally from mother to daughter, who held them directly from the monarch. During the stormy times of the revolution these market women were conspicuous by their qualities of arm and tongue, both grown strong by centuries of sturdy exercise. These characteristics, how ever, do not appear In their successors, who trust to their elevorness and co quettish charm to fight their battles. Long Winded Discussion. 'To, what Is meant by filibustering?" "Talking agahist time, my son." "Do you ever filibuster, pa?" "No, my boy. With the exception of that Imposed by physical exhaustion, there is no limit to the debates In this particular house." Birmingham Age Herald. Oh, to Be Free! "Just think, Hobby." said his mother, "those poor little children are orphans and have no papa or mamma to care for thorn! You wouldn't like to be a lone orphan, would you?" "I feel llke'lt sometimes, ma," was Bobby's reply. Pearson's Weekly. Road to Happiness. The road to happiness Is the contin uous effort to mnke others happy. The chief aim of lifo ought to be useful ness, not happiness, nut happiness al ways follows usefulness. Tannage. Fast Dad can easily believe that daughter and her beau are fast friends In fact the way they stick to it he says he be lieves they are fast to tho sofa. Flor ida Times-Union. If thou hast a loitering servant send htm of thy errand Just before his din ner. Fuller. FRUIT and pARCD S.$33$$g,$$;the pole, the wider swath the binder $ ! will cut. HOW Y OU CAM HELP. "This Is the time for America $ $ to correct her unpardonable $ fault of wastefulness and ex- travagance. Let every man and every woman assume the duty ? of careful, provident use and S expenditure, as a dictate of pa- S $ trlotlsm which no one can now $ $ expect to be excused or for- S S given for Ignoring. This is our S opportunity to demonstrate the $ 3 efficiency of a great democracy ? and we shall not fall short of 3 it." President Wilson. S Harvesting With a Tractor. (By Raymond Olney.) We had In the neighborhood of 300 acres of Mnall grain, and as we were using a tractor successfully for other farm work, such as plowing, disking, harrowing and seeding, we saw no reason why it could riot be used equal ly as well to haul our two elghWoot binders. Replacing the regular binder tongues with offset steering devices, we hauled the two binders tandem be hind the tractor, and harvested our entire grain crop as enslly in half the time It would have taken with horses. It was Indeed a pleasure to see this work being rushed along in the hot test kind of weather with no horses sweating, fighting flies and becoming fagged In a few hours' time. We did not need to rest our iron horse every round or so; no day was too long for It to work, and It never tired. The period during which the wheat is in the best condition to be har vested is comparatively short, and the farmer has to put forth every effort to get It cut during that time. With the tractor we found that we did not have to begin harvesting quite' as early as we did with horses. We waited until it had reached the right degree of maturity, then we started our outfit, and kept It moving four teen to sixteen hours a day, or from dew to dew. In spite of hot waather the tractor chug-chugged along all day long, the only stops necessary be ing for meals and to oil the machin ery occasionally, and make minor ad justments when needed. By being careful to have the ma chinery In first-class working order before beginning the harvest, very few stop3 are necessary. Our tractor traveled at a speed of from 2H to 2 mlleo an hour, which was consid erably faster than horses, and that, together with only a few stops, en abled us to make rapid progress. The hitch we used was a patented device designed for hauling binders tandem and in multiple. Tho princi pal feature of this hitch Is an offset steering pole, so arranged that the offset In the pole is controlled fry means of a tiller wheel located with in easy reach of the man tending the binder. The more offset there is In There's ct v&si difference in sa.H LESLIE S A SLT iswonderfulljpure conaequenif of w OTr Owing to the high price of labor and material we will keep no accounts, but do a etrictly cash business which will enable up to meet our bills promptly, give you better prices and service. i work guaranteed. All persons knowing themselves to be indebted ca'l andt-ettK PARK GARAGE Ashland Oregon The man on the binder can turn the offset out of the pole so that the binder will travel directly bohtnd the one In front cf It, or behind the en gine. This Is done In going to and from the field or through a gateway. When this device is used, each binder works independently of the others, and any number of machines j can be hauled. There la also another j patented binder hitch that works on the principle of a croso-reach. , This j hitch does away with the necessity of j a tiller wheel to be operated by the j binder tender, but it is designed for j pulling only one harvester behind the tractor. ! . i One of the first things that we learned In tho oporatlon of our trac- j tor harvesting ouffit was the need of i some means, whereby the men on the binders could signal the engineer when anything went wrong with elth-; er or tno machines, it was very es sential that tho engineer give his un divided attention to steering, for the better he guided tho engine the less need there was for tho binder oper- "tors to pay attention to steering their machines. It was suggested that a bell be placed In the engine cab with a cord . extending bnck to the last binder. ! But not having a bell suitable for this ! purpose, we hit upon an Idea that 1 proved much better. One end of the ; cord was tied to the clutch lever on . the tractor. Then whenever there was trouble wtlh the binders, it was simply a matter of pulling the cord which threw out tho clutch Immedi ately. This arrangement made It pos sible to stop the engine much more quickly than with any.other signaling device, and relieved the tractor oper ator of a great deal of responsibility. Most power farmers will have onjy one binder to use with their tractor, and since they have been in the habit of having only one man drive a team and binder, the majority are apt to think they are extravagant of labor If more than one Is needed with a tractor outfit. If it can not be conveniently ar ranged so that only one man Is re quired. It will be best to have two. Considering the fact that a tractor works so much faster than horses, and that it is capable of putting In fully twice as many hours in a day, no farmer should begrudge having two men to operate an outfit. In the matter of oiling and making adjust ments two men are better than one, and aside from break-downs they should keep things moving better than one. Dust Poison Controls Spotted Bean Beetle. O. A. C. Experiment Station, Cor vallls, August 4. Those greenish yel low beetles with black spots, which are just now feasting on the blossoms and leaves of beans and cucumbers In western Oregon and xjll soon be de vouring the silks of the young corn, are controlled at the O. A. C. experi ment station by a poisoned dust. As prepared by A. L. Lovett, the ento mologist, the dust is 85 parts either finely sifted wood ashes, air slaked lime or sulphur, with 15 parts pow dered lead arsenate. It is lightly but thoroughly applied to the plants with a dust gun or a coarse salt sack or cheesecloth bag, early in the day while the plants are wet. A few plants are left undusled for the bee tles to gather upon later, when they are killed by picking them off the vines and dropping them Into a small pall of water having a thin film of kerosene on top. ' It is an easy matter to be popular with the most of people. All that Is necessary is to agree with them in everything. mm mi rairviis July 15, 1917 ont Dont ask for sag WM II. P. Holmes H. Q. Enders & Sons Ashland Trading Co. VV Crackers, Doliy, X wi&zrjtm re;: k' .' i A- -vi iiir t x a i ii i nntw in. n,, r:rii'"q ye ffw if'-? . to mm ifciiISM m J. P. Dodge & Sons Undertakers f. : WT" Auto Runs Amuck On Main Street For the second time In a year a man who hailed from the neighbor ing city of Medford smashed In a plate glass front for M. C. Reed, the last time being last Thursday after noon. A new Ford car, driven by A. L. Hobbs, a traveling salesman for a Medford house, ran amuck on Main street, made a dive across the side walk and straight into the plate glass front In the building owned by Mr. Reed that was vacated not long ago by the Warner Hardware Company. ! One of tho big plates was demolished, but the damage to the car was slight. Mr. Reed happened to be across the street not far away when the accident happened. The driver evidently was a novice with a car and "got rattled." However, he was a gentleman for all that and willingly offered to repair the damage done to the building. Last summer another Medford man smashed in a plate glass front in an other store owned by Mr. Reed. Another "Suff" Argument. Tuttle, N. D., Star: At the burn ing of a barn In Steele recently, our superintendent displayed some nerve and pluck. Miss Sherman did not wait for the men to get there, but hastened to the barn without stop ping to drestf, and In bare feet untied the horses before they had become unmanageable, thus saving them with little trouble. There Is not a man, we venture to say, In all Steele but would have stopped to put on his Newport Charming Resort by the Sea Those who seek rest and sea shore recreation, will find abundant opportunity at New port. Ample hotel accommodations, cottages or camping arrange ments. Low Round Trip Fares Daily Trains Each Direction Ask our nearest agent for folder "Newport," or write John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent Southern Pacific Lines asK ior 5J Children know that Snow Flakes are good to eat and good for them, too! Made of the purest and best materi als in our big daylight factory. Sold in 3 sizes of Packages, nnd in bulk Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. Portland, Oregon WE SELL 'EM Plaza Grocery W. M. 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