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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-04-16
Tna Latin LsnoNare.

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sGases CT au.v;,e. ,l,A i.oEl it sprang
the italian. french. Spanish and por
tuseese languages. Many words OF
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It ceasei % be spoken in Italy about
ISL ard WAS drst tstngh, in England
y one .adellnuS il the seventh cen
Try, Tie U.S. Of Latin ia law deaGs
n Ensland save way 10 the comn,oE
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-04-16
The Truth About Santa Claua

Iu0 1Tutn Noout SANTA CI106
write myself down as one who still
believes In Santa Claus. Don't yout
Are you one Of those very literal folk
who have their doubts whether they
ought to let their children cling to the
beautiful old myth?
Without imagination, without dreams.
without poetry. this old world Of ours
would be a very weariSome place. Its
road would be sleeper than 1t is-much
like sleighing over bare ground would
onr progress be as compared With
sletghing over deem. hard packed snow
The poetic myth Of the old sain.
with his reindeer and his iinSIing bells
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-04-16
ANNUAL ELETION
OF yESTRYMEN

The annual election of vestrymen
to serve during the ensuing year
will be held Monday, April IT, The
election will be held in Trinity
church and will be under the super
vision of the rector and waDdens of
Trinity parish. The polls will be
open from 9 a m. until p. m.
thereby giving everyone entitled to
do so, an opportunity to- vote.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-04-16
kniahted Actors.

It IL an odd fact that Of the English
actors knighted all but one had first
b legalize the names under which they
had won fame. The question arose
with the FIRST proposition to confer
knighthood on gypsy. 1t would be
absurd so to honor one John Henry
Brodritb. Yet legally no such person
rs Henry Irving existed. No such
obstacle had to be overcome when. Oh
the occasion Of victoria's diamond
Jubilee. Squire Bancroft knelt before
his queen and arose sir squire. How
ever. the three actors KniChted by
King Edward bore cncsinsncns Of their
own invention. Sir ;iaries Wyndha II,
was born Culverweii and Sir John
Hare. Fairs As for Sir Herbert Renr1
bohm Tree. his brilliant wlfe once pas
It "sTree' is u fantasia tA.;;g we just
lacked on. We're al plain Beerbohns
-piai;D as hr,ther Max Argonaut,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
ORIGINAL SCHEME TO
WIN At BASE BALL
Deaf Mute to Read From Lips
What Manager Says
to Players.

CHICAGO, December 21.-Manager
James Callahan of the Chicago Ameri-
cans, has cast aside an offer, which, if
everything was justifiable in base ball.
he believes would surely bring the 1912
pennant to his team.
1t was an offer yesterday from a deaf
reading.
your team pennant winners next season."
was the sentence written on a card and
placed before the manager.
This is interesting at least said the
manager to his visitor.
Then a few motions of the fingers Elk
planned to the South Side leader that the
man with the pennant In his grasp could
not talk. y.
In short time the manager was d.
costing the scheme for his caller had it
already written out.
1t explained that the pennant could be
easily won by allowing the mute with a
strong pair of field glasses to take a
position near the field or under the
grandstand. BY the aid Of the glasses
he would read the lips Of the manager
while talking to his men between innings
and the players on the field in whispered
conversations.
Then by the aid of an electrical con-
trivance connected with the home bench
and a code of signals he could let it .e
known just exactly what kind of a game
and what tricks the visitors were about
to come out with
Callahan wrote this answer: mo doubt
your plan would prove a winning one, but
base ball is an honest game, and l can
not consider it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
CAN'T GIVE AWAY.
CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
Jim Jeffries Denies Having
Handed Honor to Mar
vim Hart.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. -
LOS ANGELES, Cal. December 2l.-
Jim Jeffries talked shop for a few min
utes yesterday, and those lucky enough
to get within hearing distance of the
giants ruInbin tones soon knew ex-
actly how Jim stood on the subject of a
champions right 10 give away his title
Il never presented the heavyweight
championship to Marvin Hart" thun-
dered Jen. When Hart beat Jack Root
at Reno in 1905 the newspapers shook
the thing up and scrambled it with nv
retirement from the ring. with the re-
suit that they made If shine Ike a
championship battle Such an agree
ment would have been foolish NO
champion has the power or the right
to give his title to another man
1t was a discussion over the present
lightweight sltuat. on that caused jeff
TO open UP and talk fight. Jim is a
strong adm,rer of AID Wolgast
''Ad is the lightweight champion and
will be the rightful holder of the title
until he is whipped in the ring or an
nounces that he is physically unfit to
continue boxing, was the decision hand
cd down by JEFF.
"An the jaw-slinging in the world
can't make champions out of Welsh, Nc
Fariand or Nelson added Jim, after
which he gave II as his honest opinion
that Wolgast will fully recover from his
present illness and will re.urn to the
ring strong and full of fight within a
years time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
THREE BIG TEAMS MAKE ONLY
! TWENTY-SEVEN FIRST DOWNS
Which Does MICH to Show That Defense
Is Out Of Proportion to Of
tense in Foot Ball.

NEW YORK. December 21.-There seems
to be definite feeling i'm the eastern foot
ball world that the rules need a thorough
-overhauling and revision before the COM
ing of another season. The foot ball
solonS agree that changes are necessary.
but each of them has his own pet plan
for the betterment of the game. and 1t
is rarely that any two of them agree
There are cerain generalities, however,
in which they all concur. Plays occurred
during the season just passed which were
not specifically covered by the code. Other
happenings brought to light the fact that
certain obsolete rules had never been
stricken from the book. These are minor
matters. which can easily be adjusted.
The main subject of contention lies
in the fact that the defense under the
present system seems out Of proportion to
the offense. Princeton. generally consid-
cred the champion of the gridiron world.
made one first down by rushing against
Harvard and none against Yale. Harvard
made six first downs against Princeton
and five against the Blue. Yale made five
first downs against Harvard and four
against the Tigers. That is to say, that
the three biggest elevens of past years
made total of twenty-one first downs by
rushing in three games, or a dual aver
age of seven to a game-an individual rec
ord of three and one-half first downs
apiece. Some persons call attention to
the fact that few years ago gain OF
ten yards through the line by piunging
back on a single play was no uncommon
thing. This is true, but at that time
there was no rule against assisting a
runner. and man was pushed or hauled
along for yards after he was tackled.
On Forward Passing.
promise a 10-yard gain is the forward
pass, and against a team of equal
strength this is rarely effective. Coaches
have taught their teams to block it, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
BOXERS MUST BREAK CLEANLY.
State Commissioners Issue an Order
to Prevent Hitting in Clinches.

NEW YORK, December 21.-A new rule
compelling boxers to break cleanly when
ordered by the referee was passed yes
terday by the boxing commissioners at
their weekly meeting. Since the Frawley
law went into effect last spring the COM
missioners have received number of
complaint from referees and boxers on
this point. Some referees order a ciean
break, while others allow boxers to hit
with one hand free. In the future, how
ever. no boxer, according to the new rule,
will be allowed to hit when in clinch.
ANY referee not enforcing this rule will
be brought up on charges.
Another new rule the boxing Commits.
sioners passed was one to prevent too
many seconds behind a boxer. In the fu-
ture only four seconds will be allowed in
each corner, and these must stay in his
corner during the contest.
Joe Hyland, who refused to go on in
ten-round affair with Young Ahearn at
the American Ath etic CLUB, in Grand
street. Brooklyn. December II, was set
down for sixty days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
Well Worth Reading.

In our next Sunday Magazine: Counsel
for the Defense" by Mary Raymond
shipman Andrews. entry No. 50 in our
prize story competition; "a Step on the
STAIR By Octave Thanst. entry No. 81
In our prize story competitions; part of
"Lightship 81" by James B. Connolly; IL
Illustrated song No. 81. Home, Sweet
Home. illustrated by Chase Emerson
THE Gentiemen's Cub, NV KATE Lang.
ley Bosher. entry No. 81 In our prize
story competition; Prince Charming. -
by Edward Salisbury Field, entry No.
~ in our prize story competition; The
Before Christmas" by Carolyn Wells,
and another installment OF "The Great
Came" by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
SCH0OLBOYS AS RIFLEMEN.
Gen. Wood Argues for instruction j,
Use. Of Arms.

Pupils in the public schools should be
encouraged in the skilled use Of the rife.
in the opinion of Maj. Gen. Wood. chief
Of staff of the army, and he has asked
Congress to pass the pending bill provid-
ing for limited governmental support of
rifle shoe ing in public schools.
1.-THE use of the rifle" says Gen. Wood,
is rapidly passing out Of our population.
and 1t is most important that our youth
should be instructed in its use, as skilled
use of the rifle is one of the most impor-
tant fea ures Of a soldiers training, and
in case of war the proper instruction Of
our troops would be greatly facilitated If
troops are skilled in the use Of that arm.
There are few ways in which better
returns can be obtained for q moderate
expendit ure of public funds than In en-
couraging the training Of our youth in the
use Of the rifle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21

this made easier by the restrictions under
which legal pass must be made. Prince
ton did not attempt this play in either
of it's big games. Harvard tried 1t nine
times at Nassau. for a total gain of %
yards, and six times against Yale, for a
total of 81 yards. The Blue tried IL
twice against Princeton and four times
against Harvard, without yard OF
gain. The Crimson was, therefore. the
only eleven to gain ground In these
games by means of the play, and 1t
gained an average of slightly over four
yards per pass.
The Brown team developed the for
ward pass to about it's highest point OF
efficiency, and yet they could do but lit
tie with it against the stronger teams.
Brown beat Yale last year by using the
was broken up three fourths of the time
by Yale and Harvard. Brown defeated
the demoraliZed Pennsylvania eleven this
season by forward passes. but that was
the last game In which the play worked.
Kicking Useless.
Even the drop or place kick is use
less as a scoring asset unless a team
can get within striking distance of an
opponents goal and this seems only to
be possible under the present rules by
recovering a fumbled ball. Strangely
enough, the new game appears to have
developed no kickers of the caliber of an
O'Dea, Butterworth or a Brooke.
The question that the rules committee
will have to decide is how to more nearly
euualize the defense and OffenSe. Some
men are in favor of allowing team four
downs instead of three; some believe ali
restrictions should be removed from
the forward pass; some favor
fifth period of play: some thinh the dis
tance to be gained should be reduced to
seven yards: some wish it put back to
FIVE, and some advocate allowing the
side in possess on of the ball to assist
the runner These latter suggestions
would mean, of course, practically re-
turning to the old game. One argument
used against this plan is that while two
college players were killed this year
four were killed in 1910 and ten in 1909
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE BULLETIN,
List Of Contracts and Releases An.
nounced by President Johnson.

CHICAGO, December 21.-The following
American League players have been re-
leased. according to a bulletin issued last
night by Ban Johnson, president of the
American League:
BY Chicago to New York, c. H. Hemp
hill; by Detroit to Chattanooga, ]. Rum
sey; by Cleveland to Toledo. Falken-
berg; by Cleveland to New Orleans, Cal
lahan: by Cleveland to New Haven
Reisgle; by Cleveland to Dayton. Win
chell: by Washington to Rochester, j.
Lelivelt; by New York to Jersey City. L
Schady: by New York to Atlanta, C.
Hemphill by Philadelphia to Cleveland,
II. Davis; by Philadelphia to Cleveland,
P. Livingstone; by Philadelphia to Toledo,
Hartsel.
The following players signed contracts:
H. Cam and F. Martin with the New
York club; William Gleason accepted the
terms of the Chicago club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
Lighthouse Service Changes.

Changes in the lighthouse service on
the Potomac and elsewhere in the fifth
lighthouse district, have recently been
made by the lighthouse service author
tiles. as follows:
Robert Kuhn, assistant keeper at the
Matthias Point lighthouse, Potomac river
has been transferred to the Cobb Point
bar light. at the mouth of the Wicomico
river, Md. opposite Colonial Beach, as
assistant keeper.
George NJ. Wills. ST.. has been promet-
ed to keeper and transferred to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21

his form that q
golfer would OUT
last any exponent
of any other game
at all. OF course,
I mean o u t d O r
pastimes. Men have
taken up golf when
we'll into middle age
and have kept go
ing and improving
until over seventy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21

charge of the station at Point No. Point
light, Nd. succeeding Loeb w. Hum
phries, who was transferred to Piney
point on the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21

been appointed mate of d almond Shoal
light vessel No. II. North Caro- ma. in
place Of Unaka B. Jennett. transferred to
light vessel No. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
Queensberry Praises Golf and
Bowling for the Old Boys.
CRICKET SHARES H0N0Rs
Has Seen Three Generations in Lat
ter Game, Grandfather
Second Best. e.
By the Marquis of Queensberry.

I suppose If one reckoned-the number Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21

"A Step on the STAIR by Octave Than
ct, in our next Sunday Magazine En-
tered in our prize story competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21

Robert E. O'Mahony Of Bait more has
been appointed temporary clerk in the Of
fee of the lighthouse inspector.
Alexander T. Loss Of Baltimore has
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01

hams Vegetable Compound was REQ
commended, and after taking three bot
Ties she has regained her health, thanks
20 your medicine. lean recommend 10
for all female troubles. Mrs. L. A.
CoRKRAN, HOS Rutland Street, Balt1-
more, Md.
Hundreds Of such letters from moth
ers expressing their gratitude for whao
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound has accomplished for them have
been received by the Lydia Z. Pinkha0
Medicine Company, Lynn. Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This ADVICE
Girls who arc troubled with painful
or irregular periods. backache. head
ache, dragging down sensations, faint
ing spells or Indigestion. should take
Immediate action and be restored -
health by Lydia +. Pinkham's Vego.
table Compound. Thousands have bean
restored to health by its use.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mars, for advice. free.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01
FAKE BRIDES GEMS

prismatic play OF colors. There are
very few dealers in precious stones
who are aware that there is another
white stone which. when properly cut.
displays an even greater brilliancy OF
color under artificial light than the
diamond. This stone is the zircon.
and is much softer than the diamond.
being az In hardness. whereas the
diamond is 10. the hardest of all
known substances.
About year ago | cut two white
zircons and mounted them In tiffany
rings. They were shown to a dia-
mond setter who had grown gray In
his business. examined under electric
light, and declared to be handsome
stones. Then turning to me he asked:
Are they pure white? That being
the most sought for tint In CONNER
cial diamonds.
These same stones were afterward
sold to a man who wished one for his
sweetheart's ring, and one for his
own. AS both we're mounted In ladies'
rings, one had to be remounted The
jeweler someway overlooked instruct.
ing his diamond settlers that II was a
soft stone, and this expert assumed
that II was a real diamond, and used
emery cloth to smooth of the claws,
a process which would have been per-
fectly safe with a diamond. But In
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01
Bankers, Brokers and Shopkeepers
Make Excavations for Structure
In New York Town.

New York.-Led by the Rev. Hedley
Cook. summer visitors and natives OF
the little village OF Greenwood Lake.
N. Y. have Just completed excaya
tons for an edifice to be erected In
the main thoroughfare by the Protes-
tant Episcopal church Of the Good
Shepherd.
With their sleeves rolled up and In
overalls. bankers. brokers and mer
chants from the city Joined with local
shopkeepers. farmers and even the
proprietor OF the Greenwood Lake
tavern In using the shovels. Some OF
the city men are now walking with the
aid OF canes and consulting their ply.
sicians regarding the length Of time
required for the mending Of lame
back.
At one stage Of the work II was
feared that Greenwood Lake would
have q scandal. That was when the
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01
USE SHOVEL TO AID CHURCH

tavern keeper appeared with two
large pitchers and glasses OF the
schooner type.
The sound OF pick and shovel was
hushed and the faces Of the workers
turned to Mr.. Cook to see how he
would meet the situation. But before
the rector could clear his throat the
tavern keeper called out cheerily as
he filled the schooners.
"Prosit. boys. The lemonade's on
me-"
The cellar digging was suggested
by TT. Cook. who announced at the
Sunday morning service that enough
money had been raised to erect the
church structure. but that there WAS
not enough for a cellar.
Il think II would be a good thing
not only for the work In which We
are engaged. but for the health Of
some OF our members AZ well. II We
would turn out and dig the cellar our
selves" he said.
The rector lifted out of the ground
the FIRST shovelful Of dirt. The church
he had been using 10 on an island.
worshipers rowing to IT, In stormy
weather the congregation has been
small. Mr.. Cook has raised t5i 900
for the new church. He expects the
building will be completed by the first
Sunday In September next
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01
SPOILED JOKE FOR WILLIE
And Now the Younester Is Convinced
That Women Have No Sense
Of Humor.

Willie 10 convinced that women
have no sense Of humor. Willie 10
seven. and he judges all women By
his mother. What he considered .
splendid joke occurred to him. and
no resolved to make his father it,
mute and admiring witness or audi
tor
Mamma" said Willie. when papa
comes home III climb mp on the stop
ladder and pretend to be doing some
thing to the picture. Then you say:
willie. what are you up TOT Then
I'll say: Up to date Won't papa be
surprised?"
Papa came homo In due time and
was hardly seated before Willie drag.
ged in the stepladder and climbed up
to q picture. This was mamma's cue
to ask the question that would give
Willie the opening for the Joke. So
mamma hurriedly asked:
Willie. what are you doing up
there?"
Willie turned q look Of disgust. cha
grin and disappointment upon his
mother. climbed down tho ladder and
left the room without word.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01

London.-Skin grating operations
ON . remarkable scale have resulted
In the complete recovery Of Mrs.
Hawkey. q farmers wife living at
Beauchamp Roding. In Essex. who
was badly burned about the arms and
back when some clothes she was
cleaning with petrol became ignited.
No fewer than 20 relatives and friends
allowed skin TO be grated from their
bodies on Mrs. Hawkey.
For months after the accident.
said Mrs. Hawkey. In narrating her
experience. Il lay in . very serious
condition. and at last the surgeons
who attended me agreed that needed
. fresh supply Of skin.
The question n to where It should
come from was settled Immediately.
Relatives and friends. regardless of
the pain involved. We'd with one an
other In being flrst to undergo the
skin-grafting operation"
50 many friends underwent the op.
Grafton for her sake that Mrs.. Hawk.
ey forgets exactly how many there
were. but there must have been at
lsast 20. including her husband. four
brothers. three sisters. four unclss.
sistsr.inraaw. and several cousins and
friends.
AN displayed the utmost fortituds
In their suRerings.. said Nrs. Hawk.
u. and the surgeons we're astoaisA'
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01

this case II proved quite disastrous
to the polish OF the stone.
but the diamond Is not the only
stone that has its counterparts In ma.
ture. The pale blue and green beryls
may with dificulty be distinguished
from Montana sapphires OF the same
color.
Certain pale blue sapphires have
their exact duplicates in spinels Of
the same color. Abe oriental ruby.
which is a puzzle. is very generally
duplicated by a softer mineral known
to commerce as the ruby spinel
Certain shades OF amethyst can
scarcely be told from Indian sap
phires. The orange colored sapphire
is precisely matched by the Madeira
topaz. which is merely quartz.
There are variety OF cat's.eyes.
the precious one being the chrysoberyl
cat's-eye. Poor specimens OF this are
sometimes duplicated In quartz. and
the japanese initiate II In abaione
shell. different colors being secured
by polishing on different layers OF the
shell. Another cat's-eye mistaken for
the gem variety Is the crocodolite. or
tiger-eye. which Is nothing but petrt
fed asbestos artificialiy colored."
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01
CHILD'S HEAD
A MASS OF HUM0h

Il think tho Cuticura remedies ara
the best remedies for eczema have
ever heard OF. My mother had child
who had q rash on its head when II
was real young. Doctor called It baby
rash. He gave us medicine. but It did
no good. In few days the head was
. solid mass. running sore. II was
awful; the child cried continually. We
had to bold him and watch him to
keep him from scratching the sore.
His suffering was dreadful. At last
we remembered Cuticura Remedies.
We got dollar bottle Of Cuticura Re-
solvent. Q box Of Cuticura Ointment.
and bar OF Cuticura Soap. We gave
the Resolvent rs directed. washed the
head with the cuticura Soap. and APP
piled the Cuticura Ointment. We had
not used half before the child's head
was clear and free from eczema. and
II has never como back again. His
head was healthy and he had q beau
tiful head OF hair. I think the. Cuti-
cura Ointment very good for the hair.
II makes the hair grow and prevents
falling hair" tSigned) Mrs. Francis
Lund. Plain City. Utah. Sept. 10. 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere. a sample
Of each, with 32-page book. will be
mailed FREQ on application TO "Cuti-
eura." Dept. IL L. Boston.