Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-09-07

'tIs the editor at home2s Servant Yes, sir. but he is engaged SrangRe -''Nil1 you please tell him that his house is on fre?n Servant Impossi. ble. He gave strict orders that he Waa not to be disturbed Judge
 pr. Cook. who is to 90 to the Arctic On trip that combines business and pleasure, says that the cold of New ! York is more trying to him than the cold of a Greenland winter The latter Is 3ry sharp. with the moisture frozen out of the ar, but winter in New Yorsz. he says, is wet and rss " and penetrating
 A good deai of grats sitous service ia rendered in behalf of the employment bureau of the Young N9men,s Chrias tian association. The bureau pracuEes places for female wage earHers D varz- ous branches of industry. 1t kHs an CT change for woman work and il has classes for industrial instruction. The whole Of its business is conducted at very small expense.
 There is said to be in Chicago the biggest collection ia the world of idolz. fetiehes, totems. kobones. tub8s end other symbols of heathea worship 07 all countries. ItWas gathered at the expense of many thousand dollars bJ the late Mr ". J. Cunning. E is ez pected that it will find a place in the new Columbian museum.
 It is being realized that dea9 mutea suffer from imperfect lung expansion because they use the lungs so little in talking. singing. and deep breathing. and an effort is being made to benefit them by gymnasium work especially adapted to relieve this fault. 4 peeu- liar gait is also characteristic of the deaf-mute which it is expected proper physieal training will remedy.
 When the Mother Hubbard toilet was abroad in the land. one small Ohio town distinguished itself forever by passing a law prohibiting the wearing of the gown outside o& house limits. And the landlady of 4e small village ian in England has handed herself down to posterity in similar fashion by refusing to let two women cyclists, clad in l5nielzerboelzer suits, sit dowa to dinner in her public coffee room.
 Ira II. Benjamin, of Romeo, Mich. has a copper coin issued by the opps2 Rents of Andrew Jackson in the e2Iue Baign of 1884. On one side. eneifcling the center, are the words, Perish Credit. Perish Commerce, 1854 In the center is the figure of hog running, with the words, My Third Heat on it; above the hog, My Vietorysa below it, Down with the Bank, On the other side, encircling the center, are the words, My Substitute for the .. g. Bank" In the center is d medallion of Jackson, and below is the words Experiment. My Currency. My GIory.'
 Many people waste great deal of their strength by swinging their arms backward and forward all the time while walking. It is q curious fact that the practice is followed by one Of the sexes much more than it is by the other An observer has taken notes upon this subject. After standing for a good while at the corner of Broadway and Fourteenth street he was able to allege that nearly sixty men in every 100, and only twelve women ia every 100, swing their arms when walking. Most of them move the right arm with She left leg and the left arm with the right leg. \ man who gave up tha habit for time returned to it. for tAa reason that 1t seemed to help him t9 walk rapidly.
 The chaparral cock is a famous bird in Texas GNd some other south. western states, where it is known av various local names. 1t is 6aree-loo& ing bird, about the size of q bantam rooster; has long and powerful legs and feet, strong bill, three or four inches long, and san exceedingly swift rune ner According to the Texans, this bird eagerly hunts and eats eentie pedes, tarantulas and scorpions. and ie also follows and destroys rattlesnakes in a peculiar way. Waiting until the reptile is asleep in its coil, the bird drags branches of dry cactus, SC as to completely surround the snake Then the serpent is aroused by pushing a piece of cactus against its skin, an& it immediately tries to escape. Being unable to pass the thorny hedge, ik turns at last in it's blind rage to strike itself, and thus dies of its own venom Then the chaparral cock dances aroun6 with every show of eXultation, and Saes off after another victim.
 --.JeAz Ing1s-vg sTsEds her winters n the south of France, where she Aaa cottage overlooking the Mediter' ranean. Her London house is in Ken. Bington, and stands with its crown oi ivy in the midst of a spacious garden half hidden among trees.
 Rev. Joshua Y. Hines, aged ninety years, and said to be the oldest Episco- pal clergyman in the United States, as sisted the Battle Creek (Michl church che other day in it's celebration of itS fftieth anniversary. He is sstill in e1i cellent health, and his voice is finn &z.s ] resonant