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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-15
Drawirg Room.

A curious and regrettable revival of the word draw" in the sense of with. draw" occurs i'll drawing room." Here the original meaning of the word is lost because of it's lamentable pronun- ciation by the uneducated. Nobody. hearing 1t mentioned as "droying room" at its best or as "droring room" at its worst" would suspect it of being a room to which to withdraw for relax ation. Most words of the kind, though. have no better claim to our admiration, and many have a worse one to our sense of language. "Parlor" is an ugly growth from the old monasterial "par. loir,' or room where speaking was al. lowed, and "boudoir," that early Victo rian expression of gentility, began by being a room to sulk in. "Sitting room is a strange instance of the confusion of cause and effect. and so is '1iving room." We come back to drawing room" as to honest words, at least- London Notes and Queries.
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The Earliest Anchors.

The earliest anchors of which we have any record were of wood, and gradually, through the iron anchor or one hooE and the anchor in the shape of rake, there was evolved the an chor with the straight thick shank, the two curying arms with flattened extremities and the long cross stock. The process of storing enc of these old anchors was long and laborious one. It was hove close up to the capstaD or windlasS; man vas let down by rope to hook on a huge tackle, by which tie anchor was then hOiSted, still perpendicular to a stout project ing timber. Then the lower end had to be hoisted up horizontally by an other tackle and the whole made fast. In the modern Stockless anchor a chain is attached to 1t at the balancing point, and this is passed through a pulley at the head of the anchor davit. When the anchor is high enough, davlt and all swing round until the anchor Is over the billboard. where it rests and is secured by chains.-London Globe.
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SisAcr and SIeinEcr.

En the first nu2 her of the Atlantic ,Nonthly Ralph Waldo Emerson had a Hoem called "BrahiHa" :" which puzzlcd Doth critics and r'mnon readers. Some said it Was tha e},hst poem of the century Some s1iG~it was non sense. The first vege+ taa as follows; If tho rcd slayer think tn sl7ys.
 Or if the s'7in think he is slain
 They know Hat well tae sihAc ways
 I keep and pass arc turn again.
 That winter if happened that a rcla, &ive of the poet LoHgSolloW, living in another state, bought q sleigh, anu iA q family letter to the cousins In Cam bridge there 0-as q wall lest thc Janu, ary thaw which had followed the pur chase should keep them from cHtosing the gay cutter that season. When the letter was answered, Lon%rollow con CTibuted this verse, which, it is said, has never been printed before:
 'TsO - ON THE PURCHASE OF 4
 SLEIGH.
 If the red sleigher think he slcighs,
 Or if the sleishin think 1t is slcGhin
 They know rot well the subtle ways
 Of snow. that comes and goes again
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Hyperbole.

A Rochester clergyman was accus tomed to use scientific terms, which the people did not understand A deputa' don waited on him with the request that in the future whenever he used such terms he would explain them. On the following Sunday he used the term hyperbole and added: "As agreed on I beg to explain this word. Were I to say that at this moment the whole of my congregation are sound asleep it would be hyperbole, but if say that one-half are asleep that Is no hyper bole, but the truth" The next day the deputation again called to say that the minister need not explain technical terms. The people would learn their meaning from a dictionary.-Roches Herald.
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Saving l Cs.!5 Fare.

Here's q pretty IT," u doiace'' economy fron an English paper lie had been brought up in inc lHp of luxury and cXtrayagancc, and when bad times came and he had to % down to the city and look carefully after h!S shillings it was his pretty and tr,dcr little wife who helped him ana cncnur- aged him by example ill small savings. One fence he never would face. He baked at taking bus. Tt might pass tAe club you know, dear and the fellows at the windows One evening, however he returned ra. diant to dinner Tcndcrly embracing his lifc's partner, he murmurod: "I've done it. darling! All the way for three pence" Love and gratitude were ill her eyes as she said: My brave boy! Did you mind it very mUch!' With af' fectionate cheerincss he made answer: "No, dear. Got box seat real good old sort, the driver. Told me lots of stories and was quite chatty. Capital chap! Gave him a big cigar and half crowD for himself when 1 got down."
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Workinq In Steel Masks.

The workman wore steel mask with glazed eyeholes, a rubber suit, rubber gloves and rubber boots, and he carried a pair of tongs of silvery alu. minium.
 "In certain departments of the plant" said the dynamite manufac turer, "all our workmen are dressed like that. They must be- Otherwise they would be smeared with chemicals and splashed with acids that would eat their flesh like liquid fire"
 "But the aluminium tongs?"
 '"They are for lifting the gun cotton out of its nitric acid bath. Aluminium Is the only metal upon which the nitric acid has no effect"
 He turned to the workman.
 Everything all right, George" he said.
 "So, so," came a sepulchral answer from behind the mask of steel.-NeN Orleans Times-Democrat.
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1t Was All Right.

They had evidently been quarreling before entering the Sutter street car at the ferry.
 q would thank you, Mir. Johnson, not to sit by mel" she said jelly. "Oh, Lucy, I'll never go with he, again-never, never deariew
 Gradually the harsh tones melted to soft, endearing phrases. The car had become very crowded. It stopped at Van Ness.
 The conductor, wedging among pas sengers midway of the aisle, could not see the rear steps. With his hand on the bell cord, he suddenly yelled:
 "How is it back there now?"
 "It's all right. We've made up again." lmpulsively responded the young man. "Oh, Willard, he didn't mean us!'- San Francisco Chronicle.
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Precious Plant Stones,

Among the many strange things to be found in the Philippine Islands are the so called "plant stones" encounter ed now and again in certain vegetable growths. The bamboo, for instance, according to Kultur und Natur, con- tains a stone very similar to the opal, but on account of the rarity with which 1t is found it is much more costly than the opal. In many thousand cane stalks cut down and carefully examined there may perhaps be one in which this beau tiful greenish pink scintillating stons has been formed from the minute parti- cles of siliceous deposit that imparts its intense hardness to the outer GOV ering of the cane The bamboo cane stone is known as tabashirs. In the interior of some cocoanuts a stonelke secretion is found that is not inferior in brilliancy to the most beautiful gen. uine pearl
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How Frost Affects Plants.

Plants do not freeze to death in win ter, but perish from thirst. The proc ess is simple. The cold causes the withdrawal of the water from the cells of the plant, forming ice crystals out side of the cells. The frost, cooling and contracting the surface, acts as q sort of pump, and as soon as the cell Is emptied of its life giving fluid the plant dies. The truth of this theory has been proved by numerous careful experiments. Great variation was found in the amount of cold necessary to cause the death of vegetation. Some plants dry out quickly and are killed before the freezing point Is reached. Many plants will survive zero weather, and some die only at 20 degrees be- low. Certain vegetable growths never freeze. There are forms of bacteria that even when immersed in liquid air, the intensest cold available, come out of their bitter bath as chipper and live ly as ever.-Chicago Tribune.
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Du Maurier and the Fenian Leader

When John O'Leary, the Fenian leader, was released from prison in 1870 after spending five of the twenty years to which he was condemned fol a felony he went to Paris, where he spent the next fifteen years of his exile. Tie revolutionary leader used to tell how when crossing in the packet to Franco he met Du Maurier, then a young man, going to Paris to study art. They became warm friends, lodg ing together in the same building where they became acquainted with two other artists, whom Du Maurie' afterward made famous in his popula. story "Trilby" as The Laird and The Baronet. It was to O'Leary, who had been a medical student in Paris long before he threw in his fortunes with the Fenian movement, that Du Mau rier owed his first glimpse of bohe milan life in the French capital.-Wnst minister Gazette.
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Ducks and Drakes.

The momentous day had arrived, and the inspector was putting his usual series of inquisitive questions to q class of small boys.
 "Now, tell me- he said, why 1t Is that duck can swim and a hen cant"
 "Because duck has webbed feet piped ono Of the miniature philoso- phers.
 "Yes," said the inspector. "Now, can any of you sNi.n?' 2
 Stony silente, during which the in spector and the teacher whispered to- gether.
 "Come, come," said the inspector; etyou should all know how to swim. -Four teacher tells me he can swim. Why is it you can't if he can:"
 "Please, sir said the same little boy, "the teacher has very big feet."- London Answers.
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Limit of Human Strenqth.

Experiments upon number of men have shown that a man five feet high and weighing 12G pounds will lift, on an average. 156 pounds through yer tical distance of eight inches, or 217 pounds through a height of 1.2 inches Others G.1 feet high and weighing 1S3 pounds could lift the 156 pounds to a height of thirteen inches, or PIT pounds to height of six inches. Other men six feet three inches high and weighing 1SS pounds could lift 156 pounds to height of sixteen inches, or 217 pounds to a height of nine inches. By a great variety of experiments 1t was shown that the average human strength Is equivalent to raising thirty pounds through a distance of two and one-half feet In one second.
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At His Word,

Many postoffice names are queer enough to make one desire an explana ton of them. Sometimes the explana ton Is Queerer than the name itself A minister in Cass county wrote to Washington in behalf of the residents of a growing hamlet, asking that a postof1ce be added to its institutions The request was favorably received and he was asked to suggest name that would be acceptable to his neigh bors. He replied that they were not hard to please so long as the name was peculiar. The postofflce department took him at his word, and Peculiar" Is the name of the office to this day. Kansas City Star.
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Our Bodies Are Machines.

How many p"r.e. wonder, ever pause to consider that their bodies are merely machine ;J fo work, furnaces in which ncoc'.9I. fuel is burned workshops in which Wa3nout parts are supplied and store. Goms in which fuel and food are Laid away for use when needed? Further like any other piece of apparatus, the body works better under certain circumstances. It's fires burn better with fuels of certain sorts. mixed ill certain proportions. and t cannot keep in perfect condition unless furnished with proper materials. Man thinks he eats because he is hungry; he really eats because his body is cry ing out for building materials with which to rcTair the waste that is ali ways going on and for fuel to keep it self warm, and it is rather 'inicky" as to the supply it wants for each of these purposes. At a pinch it can use almost anything digestible for either, but it groans and complains and pun, ishes it's unfortunate possessor if 1t Is not properly treated. Mar. riott in St Nicholas.
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How to Make Oil of Swallows.

Among the valued specifies of by gone age was oil of swallows. In the ''Countess of Kent's Choice Manual Q676) there are the following curious directions for making 1t: Take one handful of mother thyme, of lavender cotton and strawberry leaves of each alike, four swallows, feathers and all together we'll bruised, three ounces of Sallet oil, beat the herbs and the swal- lows, feathers and all altogether, until they be so small that you can see no feathers, then put in the oil and stir fhem well together, and seeth them in posnet and strain them through a guee."
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Too Much Curiosity.

A dangerous operation was being per formed upon woman. Old Dr. A.. a quaint German, full of kindly wit and professional enthusiasm, had several younger doctors with him. One of them was administering the ether. He became so interested i'll the old doc tors work that he withdrew the cone from the patients nostrils, and she half reused and rose to sitting pos ture, looking with wild eyed amaze ment over the surroundings. It was a critical period, and pr. A. did not want to be interrupted. Hay down dere, woman" he commanded gruft1y. "You haf more curiosity as medical student"
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Easy RhymlnQ.

William Makepeace Thackeray in his Hines Peg of Limavady" acknowledges Himself a cockney. It was hardly nee essary for him to do this, as not only an that poem. but in others, he makes fhe syllable Ting" rhyme with sylla bles like "in" and .'en." failing to sound 70 the concluding "g." Richar'l Harris Barham of Ingoldsby legends, a most facile rhymcr, has done the same thing over and over again, thus Tightening Hhis labors greatly in the pursuit of rhymes.
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Ruskin to an Admirer.

Ruskln, it is known, had his own ways of publishing his works, with the result that they were sometimes hard to get and expensive. According to the Great Central Railway Journal, he once sent this letter to q stranger who wrote to him complaining of the price of his books:
 N Woodstock Road. Oxford. 4th Nov. 's4
 My Dear sir-I have ordered my pub fisher to send you in gift a book of mine C'Munera Pulveris) you have not read Be content with that at present, and Car lyle. Have not you Shakespeare. cheap ? And the Bible nowadays for nothing |? What good do they do you? Faithfully yours. J. RUSKIN
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Tho Case of Emergency.

While on the march in India the pio- neer corporal of famous Irish regi- ment went to the quartermaster for O loan of camel to carry a spare tent, but the quartermaster refused, saying:
 "1 have only the cart, and this spare camel I am keeping For case of emer- gency."
 The corporal said. Cant you put the case of emergency on the cart, sir, and let me have the camelT'-Red Letter
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4 Curious Superstition.

Among the superstitions of the Sene ca Indians was this most beautiful one: Whel. young maiden died they Imprisoned young bird until 1t frs, began to try it's powers of song, and then, loading it with caresses and mes sages, they loosed it's bonds over her grave in the belief that it would not fold its wings dor close its eyes until il had flown to the spirit land and deliv cred its precious burden of affection tc the loved and lost one.
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PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS.
General Founders and Machinists.

Brass and Iron Castings and Ma chine Repairing. Stock of all stand ard goods and castings carried in stock al the time. Locomotives, En- glnes and Boilers Repaired. Long instance telephones, day, 476; night, 55 Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Note :: we operate our machine shop both day and night
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Best Sleep of Az

'I see that an eminent physician de clares that two hours of sleep before midnight are worth more than six after that hour"
 "Nonsense! Two hours of sleep after you're called In the morning are worth more than anything else. ."-Philadel- phia Press.
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The Result.

A nervous passenger on the first day of the outward voyage importuned the captain to know what would be the result If the steamer should strike an iceberg while it was plunging through the fog. "'rhe iceberg would mov" right along madam" the captain re- piled courteously, just as if nothing had happened" And the old lady was greatly relieved.
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Would Like 1t Very Much.

By the way" asked the waiter, ''how would you like to have your steak?"
 "Very much, indeed,' replied the mild man, who had been patiently waiting for twenty minutes.
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Decay of Lauqhter In EnoIand.

l am perfectly certain that half our ills are due to the fact that we do not laugh enough. A good, sincere smile Is something rare in these times, a Laughing face" is scarce, and 1t is seldom indeed that one hears a good, ringing laugh.-London World.
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Neither Still Nor Small.

"When you do something you know is wrong. doesn't still imall voice, keep reminding you of it sternally?"
 "A still. small voice! I guess you never met my wife, did ?"-Hous ton Post
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The Ministers ext.

A little girl came home from church the other day and was asked what the minister's text was. Don't be afraid and I will get you a bedquilt," was the astonishing answer
 Investigation proved that the central thought of the sermon had been. "Feai not, and I will send you comforter Technical World
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She Smacked of Books.

'They tell me you kissed Mis- Son. net, the poetess, on yesterda. x auto mobile eXcul sion.'
 "Yes. That is true.'
 ''Indeed! And how did you ah find herr"
 Miss Sonnet has a marked literary taste.''-New Orleans Times-Democrat
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Wasteful Ignorance.

The ordinary waste of food in an English middle class family would be sufficient wholly to maintain French family of similar station, and the waste of food is at least largely due to the ignorance of cookery which pre- vails among the classes from which English domestic servants are derived. London Lancet
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ISAAC DREYFTS.

Our wholesale department ;s con- plete in Dr.: Goods, Furnishing Mo- tlons and Hats. Quick delivery and quantities to suit is our strong point lzz-lz4-l26-12S Main street, Pine Bluff. Arkansas
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Only a Dream.

Wife-I dreamed last night that was in a shop that Mas simply full ri the loveliest bonnets. and Husband (hastily)-But that was only a dream my dear. Wife-I knew that before l woke up, because you bought one for me
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Tho Compromise.

Ascum-Have Henpeck and his wife settled their differences about their wis iting cards? Newitt-Oh. yes; they've compromised on MT. and Mrs. Maria Henpeck. k."-Philadelphia Press.
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Exasperatinq.

Mrs. Subub-Oh. George, the cook left this morning, and the Outertowns are coming to dinner! MT. Subub- Darn it! They always catch us be- tween cooks!-Brooklyn Life.
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Confictinq.

Haven't I told you." asked tho father. "always to tell the truth?"
 ''Yes. you told me that" the young man admitted, "but at another time you told me never to become the dave 4Dl a habit"
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It Is not possible for men to be per fectly blessed and happy. except few. Plato.
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Most of us are guilty of sins of omis sion because they involve less effort than the other kind.
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Kept a Good Table.

Brown-KHeps good table. does she not? RobinSon-EXcellent Solid oak Has had 1t for years.-New York Trib
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DILLEY FOUNDRY COMPANY,. Logging Locomotives, road aM 0M engines, boilers, saw and blaming # machinery, iron and brass cast'' and machinery supplies. t
 
 w. J. BLAIR, E
 Dentist. 4O1 1-2 Main st. New phone s''
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
-s~1--~An-aa

some the leading Wholesale Business Men, who solicit merit liberal share of your patronage
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J. A. HOLMES COMPANY,.
 Wholesale Groceries. Grain, Hay and Superior Pa~' Flour. Both phones
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-03-08

casion affords is proof that you never
had any thinkery worth mentioning.
You are so jealous of the honor of
your union that you wouldn't give aid
and comfort to a "scab," but you will
go out and discredit your craft by
getting drunk and causing the general
public to believe that the general
average of organized labor is repre-
scented by your besotted condition.
1t isn't right for you to do it, my
brother And you ought to be smart
enough to see it and manly enough to
cut it out.
If you can't go up against the booze
or the beer without loading yourself
above the plimsoll line, stay away from
it altogether. The man who makes
his living by selling it to you will
think more of you for it. You will
think more of yourself, and your
union will benefit by your action.
The Wageworker is not fighting the
saloon as saloon. 1t is a legitimate
business-just as legitimate as bank
ing, or running a newspaper or selling
drygoods The saloon is an effect,
not a cause. 1t is compliance, not
a demand.
The man who takes an occasional
glass of beer or whisky may be none
the worse for it, but that is not the
question. The question is, is he any
better off because of it? But The
Wageworker is not going to criticise
the workingman who drinks beer or
whisky in moderation. He might be
doing whole lot worse. But when he
drinks it to the extent of injuring
himself, his family, his fellow crafts
men and the state, then The Wage
worker is going to protest. You hav-
emit any right, my brother, to do it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-03-08

Published Weekly at 1877 No. 14th
St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-03-08
William squareman Cable.

William Squareman Cable.
Named William Squareman Cable,
Who always is looking round
To find the union label.
A thing he says that must be found
On body and on table.
And when the label isn't there
He passes up the stuff for fair.
When William lights his fav'rite pipe
He always pulls a sack O.
Good, old, fragrant union made
And clearly packed tobacco,
And fragrant, satisfying smoke,
Is left along his track-o.
And if the label isn't there
He blows no smoke into the air.
When William takes a chew O. plug
You're always safe in stating
That is union amber juice
That Bills expectorating,
And that it isn't demand
For 'scab" stuff he's creating.
For it the label isn't there
Bills teeth the stuff will never tear.
When William Squareman Cable buys
He always boosts the LABEL
He has it on his hat and shoes,
His suit, his shirt, his table.
He takes his union pledge to heart
To him it is no fable.
And if the label isn't there
He passes by with nose in air.
Come all We union men and do
Likewise do it daily.
Demand the label all the time,
And life will pass more gaily,
Besides, twill be body blow
To open shoppers scaley.
And if the label isn't there
Say, Not for me; it isn't 'square!
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-03-08
Baked.

The proud and constituencies mil
lionaire manufacturer was angry
And he had right to be.
He had just read a scientific article
which proved that Mars is inhabited.
"And lack of communication pre-
vents us from securing the labor of
the children of the Martians,''> he
moaned
Realizing that he was up against it
he went out and posted notice that his
free and Independent workmen would
have to stand another wage cut of rs
per cent.