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JTonday, October 15, 1917 ASHLAlfD TIDnfGS PACT! BR'VM People's Forum TALKS TO LITTLE POLKS. Number I. ' (By Henry 0. Gllmore.) ', My Dear Young Friends: I have lately been reading about India, which, as you may perhaps know, be longs to Great, Britain. The people In that great peninsula are for the most part densely Ignorant and wor ship Idols. They look upon much of the animal creation as sacred and have a special reverence for snakes and things of that sort. India Is a wonderful country In many ways.. It Is triangular In shape, as you will see by a single glance at the map; nearly 2,000 miles In length, and the high est mountain ranges In the world are to be found In the extreme northern part of the country. We know In our own country that there are many high mountains such as Mts. McKlnley, Baker, Shasta, Ranler, and so forth, but great as they all are In the mat ter of going skyward they are as nothing compared with the Immense peaks to be found along the whole range of the Himalaya mountains, one of which Is more than 30,000 feet high, or, In other words, If we J Id to ascend this particular spur before breakfast our little trotters would 'have traveled something like six miles! Just think of this nice lit tle trip before sitting down to a basin of porridge (Quaker oats, If you like), a couple of eggs with toast and anything ?lse to satisfy a ravenous appetite brought on by your six-mjjo nearly-upright climb. In comparing the heights of Eu ropean mountains with those of India, the other day, I found that, even put ting the Pyrenees on top of the Alps, I should have to add seven thousand feet tOj these two mountain ranges before reaching anywhere to he highest point of the Himalayas. Just think of that and how cold It must be, In that region, 365 days In the year. In summer It Is awfully hot In the plains of India and people who can afford to do so go to the Punjnub and other mountain passes In order to get away from the scorching rays of" the sun, which literally burn every thing which come in their pathway. Charming snakes, with flute play ing, Is both a business and a pastime In India, and the horrid things (as I call them) dance about with delight when they hear the music. Fancy some fine artist spending his or her time in dosing these reptiles with en trancing strains from Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Chopin to soothe their snaklsh feelings before retiring for the night! The boys and girls of the United States . desire no such com pany. Now I intended from the very first to say more about the wild animals of India than anything else,, and I proceed at once to do so. I am not going to trust myslf to tell you the story about the snakes and wild bnsts of India, but give yon all the Interesting facts and conditions re lated by a great traveler and lecturer In the person of Mr. J. L. Stoddard, who some yesrs ago delighted the ifrfblic with most instructive illus trated lectures upon his journeying In foreign lands. ' This Is what Mr. Stoddard has to say about the snakes and wild animals In India that de vour so many poor suffering people every year: "The majority of people who die from snake bites In India are peas ants (poor Indeed)', whose naked limbs and feet are exposed to attack while working In the fields. No oth er countrvln the world affords such opportunities for snake stories, but I shall confine myself to facts. Ac cording to tho official reports, more than lj,000 human beings died In India In 1S92 from snake bites and 947 people were destroyed by tigers. 260 by leopards, 182 by, wolves, and Should Use TT'S different from I others because more care " is taken in tue making und tho material used are of higher grade. Black Silk Stove Polish Mnkos a brilliant. s!11:y polish that doos not rub oft or dur.t oil, an J tho shlucl-sis lour times as lonar as ordinary stovs polish. Used on sample staves and sold by hardware nn'l erowry donlnrs. Alt wiiRnk biatrial. liocitonyourcoofcatOTO, fnnr pnrlor stow or your rras n.iyo. If yro Snn't S3') it the knl pollan you ever trnl yoar dealrr f natr.nrizri to refund your UN.ncy. Inflrfi cn blark b'lik Store Poiuh. ifl.ule in ileuid or pacts one Quality. - Black Silk Stove Polish Works Sterling, lUIoois . Tf. aHM.li ftltk Alr-Drytnx Iron Crtftfnol e tftvteB. rvvi'. rtovf-r nc-a-Prevei'tt rastlrw. Tji.' BUch fllfc Matel Poilth for silver, nirkc . f....l. ...,.f. - ! sktLh . WH.sVQRAOYIn coelerien w-irh WOniO PICTURE? prcnts SARAH At Vinlng Theutre Tuesday that more than 80,000 head of cattle had been killed by serpents or wild beasts. In 1888, a government report says, over 20,000 deaths were caused by snakes and 975by tigers. Every shoe In the morning must be 'well shaken before taken on account of scorpions, who delight to pass me night in warm, comfortable quarters, and worse than all when a boy or girl retires for the night he or she Is as likely as not to find a deadly cobra (the largest of Indian snakes) colled up in a corner of the bed." Now doesn't all this show how con tented we ought to be to live In a country like our own, free from every sort of danger that comes from liv ing In parts where serpents and wild beasts are almost as numerous as the birds of the air and fishes of the sea In our own favored land? I have got to the end of my letter In this little essay, and desire to say that the following are the titles of some of the subjects I propose treat ing In my Talks to the young and school-going readers of the Tidings, viz.: "God's Beautiful World," "The Golden Rule," "Little Samuel of Old," "My Country 'tis of Thee," "David and Goliath," "Why I Go to Sunday' School," and "How to Make the Most of Myself " Travel Stories. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 8, 1917. Editor Tidings: Here we are In this thriving city of Omaha after a very interesting and pleasant Journey over the Southern Pacific lines from Ashland. I was asked by your paper to write something of my Impressions of the financial and business condi tions of this section of the country, but, like all other one-horse Meth odist preachers, I find It difficult to keep to the main Issue. However, It would be a dull person Indeed who would fall In passing through to see something of the great movements of the middle west. The first thing that impressed me upon arriving here waa the keen In terest that friends and relatives seem ed to take In our arrival, with auto mobiles waiting at the station and ev erything arrayed In gala attire. This I was at a loss to understand, as the only distinction that I was conscious of possessing was the mere fact that I lived In Ashland, Ore. I at once attributed It all to that fact and an nounced that I thought It was quite a showing In honor of the place where I happened t;o live. , But that whole Idea soon was set at naught and went glimmering, as but a memory, for I discovered that this is their ordinary way of doing things. They put life, energy and an all-absorbing Interest into whatever they do. And, by the . .. ' "i and Wednesday, Oct. 10 and 17. 'way, there is something here worth : thinking about. You will find this principle In operation in the office of every great business man, In the pul ' pit of every successful preacher and !In the home of every man who knows how to entertain his friends. This sort of a spirit is life In action, and (when properly directed knows no I such thing ao stagnation1 or defeat. Now Just think of tho difficulties .these people have to contend with. Last night we had a frost that laid everything vlow; the wind has been constantly blowing, so that the heavi est overcoat could find did not af jford protection from its constant : blast. During the winter water pipes 'freeze at a depth of four feet below I the ground, and the changes In5 tem perature are sometimes so rapid that the mercury runs up and down the scale with almost lightning speed. Only three years ago a cyclone struck the city and mowed a path six miles In length right through Its cen ter, killing 143 people and Injured 350 others, destroyed 550 houses, eight schools and eleven churches, left 2,500 people homeless and de stroyed $5,000,000 worth of proper ty. These people burled their dead, cared for their helpless and relieved the suffering, then went, right on ad vertising that Omaha was the safest place In the world to live, with the result that today she stands as one of this natlon'o most prosperous cit ies. It's the spirit that you cannot defeat, that's all. Omaha's bank clearings for 1916 were $1,277,158,691, factory output was $268,057,715, wholesaling $183, 759.493. Livestock receipts were nearly eight million head, grain re ceipts 75.169.140 bushels, smelter output $46,019,279. The amount that went into new buildings last year jwas $7, 226, 107.- I Omaha's population Is 189,000, jwlth a commission form of govern jment. There are nine trunk line rall i roads running Into this city, with 22 j distinct branches. They have 52 pub ,11c schools, three universities and 152 churches. There are other towns Just as well .located as Omaha near here, but they (have not the population. They do !not have the business. The secret of lit Is they do not have the spirit. We pay for what we get and we get ex actly what we pay for. Eternal vigi lance is the price of success. Are we anxious that Ashland shall be a great and splendid city? If ro. let us pay the price. There Is noth ing Impossible. Pay your money and take your choice. M. C. REED. Tidings "For Sale" ads are active little real estate salesmen. ThisNewSack will appeal particularly to the young man who would avoid the commonplace in his apparel, The notary lines of this belted Eiudel will give an ordinary man the carriage of a seaso ;cd West Pointer. To be sure it will look just right, have it tailored to your exact measure by the House of Bom, A noteworthy offering of Bom woolens dependable, weaves, modestly priced is ready for your selectioa Ruidmt Born Wr) ' - -- Trench Life is Hell On Earth Glen Mahan, who Is fighting In France, has written this interesting letter of his experience abroad that Is published In the Times of Phillips, Wis.: "Life at the front Is a living hell. The crashing of the heavy bombard ments, the staccato fusillade of the smaller guns, the moaning and the groaning of the wounded, all create a pandemonium which taxes the stoutest nerves. While In the front line trenches the tension Is never re laxed, and so severe Is the strain that It has been found necessary to work the men In six-day shifts, so as to provide relaxation and recupera tion, Six days are spent In a front line trench, slx days in a support trench, six days In a reserve trench and six days back of the entire line at complete rest. At the outbreak.- of the war the celebrated Buffs regi ment of England lay In a front line trench for 39 consecutive days with out relief, the longest period of con tinuous active fighting In the history of the British army. While the life of a soldier In a front line trench Is at all times strenuous, there are often periods of unusual stress. On one occasion I lay for 15 minutes serving a machine gun directed at a massed formation of attacking Germans. The assault was finally repulsed, but af ter It. was all over I found myself con siderably weakened and wringing wet from the exertion. "The frightful loss of life among the allied forces at the outbreak of the war was due to their unprepared ness. The disparity In the casualties sustained by the opposing, armies must not be attributed to any super ior fighting qualities of the German soldier, but was due to the superior German armament which that coun try had been perfecting for over forty years. Gradually, however, the allies have been perfecting their military equipment until today our big guns surpass In execution those of the en emy. The smallest cannons of the allies are placed 1,500 yards back of the front line, while the largest 12 Inch naval guns are situated from 10 to 12 miles to the rear, Intermediate calibers being stationed In between. These big guns do some terrible exe cution. "The fire of the Germans is not M ass fleeting Wednesday Eve i Judge Mm II. Stevenson and Honorable W. S. U'Ren Will Address the People of shlmd an This will be the formal opening of the subscrip tion campaign to raise Ashland's quota of the Liberty Loan Bonds. No bonds will be sold and no collection will be taken at tins ... . I oniy aimea ai aennite oojective ( points along the allied lines, but it Is often directed indiscriminately at, any point they can reach behind i those lines. In many cases hospitals I have been struck by shells, killing wounded soldiers as well as doctoral and nurses. I was spending my rest period of six days at Mount Kemmel, j and was lined up with others for a cup of coffee at a restaurant stand when the fragment of a shell struck a woman standing nearby with a baby In her arms. Tho baby was thTown uninjured a distance of ten feet or more, but tho poor mother was In stantly killed. "The bombardments are sometimes most appalling. One night while we were stationed nearly 15 miles be hind the front lines the artillery fire was so constant and fierce that It afforded sufficient light for some of the boys to play card Words fall to convey any realization of the .frightful holocaust. Every man at ;the front appreciates fully that his very existence Is precarious, but, no matter what happens to him or those about him, his face glenms that dogged persistence and determination which says, 'It has got to be done.' "The atrocities committed by the Germans in this war are almost In conceivable. They seem to have been bereft of all humane consideration. Many of the barbarities perpetrated I by them are too Inhuman to relate. Young girls have been fiendishly outraged within sight of their par ents. At one place where I was sta tioned I carried water for a young girl both of whose hands had been cut off because she had resisted the brutish advances of a German officer, We continually come across such evi dences of brutality and we frequently heard of others more revolting. Never before In the history of civil Ized warfare have such shocking era-, eltles been committed. "The German soldiers of the rank WE ARE MOVING to the store formerly occupied by J. F. Patty . at 3S3 East Main Street and are maklne a final shipment short time. If you want to clear out your old magazines and news- T nnnora hrtnir them NOW to 13B Pioneer Avenue or Phone 79. Our - o - price Is 25c for 100 lbs. for No . WE ARE i Ashland Junk Dealers. L Gartner, Prop, f at Chautauqua Auditorium Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 A Good Program and a Large Crowd Expected and file are being kept In Ignorance of the actual events- and progress f the war. German prisoners taken by the. allies had been told by their of ficers that the German fleet had de stroyed the allied warships and com manded all commerce on the high seas. Similar false reports had been circulated among them regarding the operations on both the eastern and western fronts, and It was with In credulity that they received a true account of affairs. However, they were not at all displeased at finding themselves prisoners and out of the carnage, and, judging from 'the man ner In which they dovonrsed the food given them at the army kitchen, they had not enjoyed a square meal for some time before being captured. "The treatment accorded the allied soldiers Is all that conld be expected. They are furnished wholesome food and plenty of It, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. The sys tem of supplying food to the differ ent lines of trenches Is most sys tematic and methodical, but of course there are occasions when the regularity of the service Is Interrupt ed temporarily through some un usual activity of the opposing forces. The necessities are abund antly supplied, butj the little com forts, such as tobacco, are often wholly lacking." Trace-Chain Casing I find that the best casings for trace chains, where thoy rub the team are common slngle-tnbe Mcycle tires which may be out so as to make two, three or four, depending on the length you desire to have them. They do not slip easily, and will outlast the leather ones because of the ab sence of the seam. Do not throw away the old tire next time. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Weaver" were In Ashlund from their country homa near Talent Friday. of all our old paper in a very I 1 magazines and newspapers. MOVING 04 meeting. 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