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Ashland (Borough in Schuylkill)

a borough in Schuylkill the source of the Mease, a tributary of co., Pa.; in the valley of the Mahanoy, the Trent, 18 miles N. W. of Leicester. and on several railroads; 12 miles N. W. It owes its suffix to the Norman family of Pottsville. It is in the center of the of La Zouch. Their ruined castle, cele- great anthracite coal fields; has extenbrated in Scott's "Ivanhoe," crowns a sive mining industries, large machine height to the S. of the town. Mary shops, foundries, and factories; and con- Queen of Scots was imprisoned here. tains the State Miners' Hospital, a Na- Pop. tional bank, public hall, and several churches. Pop. (1910) 6,855; (1920) 6,666.

Leather is the staple industry. about 5,000.

ASHERA (ash-ē'ra), an ancient Semitic goddess, whose symbol was the phallus. In the Revised Version of the Old Testament this word is used to translate what in the ordinary version is translated "grove," as connected with the idolatrous practice into which the Jews were prone to fall.