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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
The lavish Jenkins.

h October lSSG, q religiously mind d Buckinghamshire farmer nar2d Jenkins brought his frstborn to the fIrish church to be christened, and this was to he the name: Abel Ecnia min Caleb Daniel Ezra Felix Gabriel Haggai Isaac Jacob Kish Levi Ma. noah Nehemiah Obdiah Peter Quartus Rechab Samuel Tobiah Uz2iei Namah Word Nystus Xechariah. It will bt observed that the names are all ar ranged in alphabetical order and are as far as possible selected from Scrip lure. k was only with the very great est difficulty that the clergyman dis suaded Mir. Jenkins from doing the lasting wrong to his child that he had unwittingly devised, but eventually 1t was decided to christen the boy simply Abel.-ChamberS' Journal.
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Where Plato Tauqht.

The famous academy of Plato was. iu suburb of Athens, about a mile north of the Bypilun gate. II is said to nave belonged to the hero Aeademus; with wall and adorned with walks, groves and fountains. Plato possessed | small estate in the neighborheod and for some fifty years taught his divine philosophy" to young and old asscn aled in the academy to listen to ais vtse words. After Plato's dsath in 3tS E. C. the academy lost much of it's fame. but the beauty remained for +eaturics after tho great teacher was a0 more.-New York American.
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Animals Are Poor Sailors.

Animals Are Poor Sailors.
 The polar bear is the only wild ant nal that likes a trip on the water, ac. eording to French scientist who has studied its behavior at sea. He is quite jolly when aboard ship. but all other animals violently resent such a voyage and vociferously give vent to their feelings until seasickness brings silence.
 The tiger suffers most of all. He whines pitifully, his eyes water COD. tinually, and he rubs his stomach with his terrible paws. Horses are bad sailors and often die on sea voyage.
 Oxen are heroic in their attempts not to give way to seasickness. Ele- plants do not like the sea, but they are amenable to medical treatment. A good remedy is a buckeful of hot wa ter containing three and half pints of whisky and seven ounces of Quk nine.-Fur News,
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Poet L laureate.

The office of poet laureate practical ty begins with Chaucer. who assumed the title about 1885. After Chaucer the office was rnore or less in the shadow but from Spenser in 1o99 the tine of poet laureate is pretty well flied down to the present time The office is largely honorary and has not always been held by the greatest Of English poets, Dryden, Wordsworth and Tennyson being the most illns- trious of it's holders.-Exchange.
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SAVES TWO LIVES.

Neither my sister nor myself might be living to-day, if 1t had not been fc-- Dr. Kings New Discovery writes A. D. McDonald of Fayetteville. N. c. R. F. D. No. 8, flor we both had fright full cought that on other remedy could help. We were told my sister had consumption. She was very weak and had night sweats but your wond- ertul medicine completely cured us both. It's the best ever used or heard of." For sore lungs. coughs. colds, hemorrhage, lagrippe, asthma. hay fever, croup, whooping cough all bronchial troubles.-its supreme. Trail bottle free. soc and $1.00. Guaranteed by All Druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
YOUNG DUCKS.
They Have No Instinctive impulse ts
 Enter the Water.

They Have No Instinctive lmpulse ts
 Enter the Water.
 It has turned out, under the search tng experimentation of recent years, that much that we have supposed to be instinct in animals is net instinct at al. For example, the young duck proves to have no instinctive impulse to enter the water. does not recognize the element by sight and is, in short. In precisely the same situation as a chick until. by happy chance, it gets its legs wet. Wet legs, however. and the lift of the water on the body al, once start up the swimming reaction, and away sails the duckling. as chick, ems and children do not.
 The chick, on its part. has definite instinct to peck at any small object that catches it's eye. That takes care of its feeding. But the chick has no corresponding instinct to drink and would die of thirst before 1t would recognize water by sight alone. Drink ing it has to learn for itself by peck Ing at dewdrops or spots of light on the surface of the water or particles at the bottom of its cup. Even the hen, contrary to general belief, proves to have no instinctive fear of the wa. ter for her offspring. A hen that has raised few broods of ducks and seeD them take to the water becomes highly distressed when a subsequent hatch of chickens do not swim. In fact. hens have been reported under these cir cumstances to lead their clicks to the waterside~ and push them in.- --Mc. Clure's Magazine.
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Much Married.

The following, taken from "EvelyM's Diary" refers to Dntchwoman whc lived in the seventeenth century: "Tc- wards the end of August 1 returned to Haarlem They showed us cottage where, they told us. dwelt womap who had heen married to her twenty
 ffth husband and. being now a widow. was prohibited to marry in the future
 yet it could not be proved that she had ever made away with any of hes husbands. though the suspicion had brought her divers times into tsouf'1a !"
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SOLVES A DEEP MYSTERY.

"I want to thank you from the bot tom of my heart" wrote c. B. Rader. of Lewisburg, w. Va, for the wond- erful double benefit got from Electric Bitters, in curing me of both a severe case of stomach trouble and of rheumatism. from which had been an almost helpless sufferer for ten years. It suited my case as though made just for me- For dyspepsia. indigestion. jaundice and to rid the system of kidney poisons that cause rheumatism. Electric Bitters has no equal. Try them. Every bottle Is guaranteed to satisfy. Only soc at All Druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
NESTS IN GULF WEED.
Breeding Place of the Flying Fish 1,
 the Sargasso Sea.

Breeding Place of the Flying Fish in
 the Sargasso Sea.
 In the middle of the north Atlantic there is an area of comparatively still water almost equll to continental Europe in extent and more or less covered with floating seaweed. It was gnown as the Mar dc SargacO to Co lumhus and the early navigators and Is tho Sargasso sea of modern geog' rapher'.
 The floating seaweed was formerly supposed to have grown near the Ba. hama and Florida shores and to have drifted to it's present position. It is now, however, known to grow and propagate itself where 1t is found. In 1t are found globular masses of weed containing tish eggs and known as fiss neDtn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11

Foley Kidney Pills are composed of ingredients specially selected for their corrective, healing, tonic, and stimu- lating effect upon the kidneys, bladder and urinary passages. They are anti septic, antilithic and a uric acid solvent. w. l.. Dewoody & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
s7oueh. Not the Queen :

Under this title Paris joUrn.! i,r. fesses to give an account of the tra-3 death of the queen of Siam. who wite as greatly loved as her consort. S",iir years ago her majesty was boatins with ladies of the court in a lake in rh, gardens of the palace at Bangkok. Tbt boat overturned, and the queen couif- not swim. She was surrcurdea hy m merous personages who couii E;sv. saved her life. but no cue has the riSl: to extend the hand upon the queen. The king alone could have held her Ir and prevented her from sinking. anc he was nowhere at hand Respectful ly rhe court a,;swej the Quee2 sa drown
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
AN AFRICAN RAILWAY.
fNe Way It Was Described by m1
 Educated Native.

C. J. Philips business agent sD Uganda of the Church Missionary so~ ziety. throws light upon the workings a& the native mind by quoting a re :larkablp letter in which q native member of the katikiro's tprime minis tar'sl party gives a description ot the Uganda railway.
 My friend, l can tell you the Euro peans have done marvellous thing tC make the railway and the trains. They fasten ten or fifteen houses together and attach them to a fireplace which ss as big as an elephant, and the road 1t goes on is as smooth as the stem of a plantain. It goes as fast as a swai low flying, and everything you see out side fits past you hhe spark from a fire. If it were to drop off one of the bridges not one in it would be saved for it goes dreadfully quick. The hills 1t passes are as high as those of hoki, and they have bridged over great val ieys which are as deep as that you sec when you look from the top of Nami rembo. so deep that you cannot see the DplioLj " uSu you die toli5 oN SI iucui.
 Later there follows q description of 6 ship: Tt is IS deep as our two sto, ried house and as wide as the kings road in Mengo. and it is as long ga from the katikiro's fence to the gate of the kings inclosure. It las three tall poles in it and a big throat, out of which smoke comes, which is as wide as the new drum in the church at Ma mirembo. The rooms in it go down three stories, and the boards of these cannot describe to you. for such have not been seen before. There is lot of metal work about them, too, bu, these also I cannot describe, for 1t i. 50 fine. There are children on board and flock of sheep and places te wash in attached to every place where chief sleeps. such as even our king has never possessed" d."--London Strand Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
THOSE WHO TAKE FOLEY KID,
 NET PILLS.

For their kidney and bladder sil- ments, and for annoying urinary ir- regularities are always grateful both for the quick and permanent relief they afford, and for their tonic and strengthening effect as well. Try Foley Kidney Pills. W. L. Dewoody & Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
His Own Valuation.

Belle tells me she is sorry she ever married you," said a young hdy to the husband of her dearest friend
 "So she ought to be-" he retortcd. "She did some nice girl out of a good husband!'
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KIDNEY DISEASES ARE DURABLE

under certain conditions. The right medicine must be taken before the disease has progressed too far. MT. Perry A. Pitman, Dale, Tex, says: q was down in bed for four months with kidney and bladder trouble and gall stones. One bottle of Foley's Kid ney Remedy cured me we'll and sound" Ask tor it. w. l.. Dewoody & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
Tall and Short.

First Detective What was the de scription of that absconding bank cashier wa were told to look out for? Second Date"tive-ae was six feet tall and $50,OOO short.-rhiladelphia Rec ord.
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Unhappiness.

They who have never known pros- perity can hardly be said to be un. happy It Is from the remembrance of joys we have lost that the arrows of iff1iction are pointed.-Emile Zola.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COM.
 POUND.

Is effective for coughs and colds in either children or grown persons.( No opiates, no harmful drugs. In the vel low package. Refuse substitutes. w. L. Dewoody & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
Reckless.

Madge-I hear that Charlie Is an aw- ful spendthrift. Marjorie--T should say he was. He's trying to make two wild oats grow where only one grew before-puck
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11

Through Pullman service without jjchange Little Rock to St. Louis, Chi cago, Pueblo, Colorado Springs or Denver. We will have on sale daily until Sept. 30th, the following ex- tremely low round trip tickets good for return until Oct. 31st. 1911:
 10 The North.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11

The man of perfect virtue Is eau ious and slow of speeeh.-Confuciu
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11

Fares. Ask for particulars. Let us help you rlan your trip.
 Fl. N. ATWOOD. Agent.
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LIFE HABITS OF
 THE BOIL WEEV!L.

EROM the time The egg is laid until the boil weeVl IS , grown is from two to three weeks. The progeny of a single
 pair of weevils from June to November can reach the amaz-
 ing number of 12.755, 100. The boil weeyil eats nothing
 , but cotton and will starve if this food is not available. The
 insect does not travel at night and is not attracted by lights.
 During the summer the boil , weevil lives about sixty days.
 While hibernating in the winter it's life is longer, and there is
 , one instance of a weevil living from Dec. 10 until the following October.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-11
Crescent College and Consorvator!
 FOR TrliNG WOMEN

Situated top of the 0zarks Eureka Springs-the tameus ath Most select and thorough Junior College and Conservatory for young in the South
 Southwest, Students from all the United States. Maintains accredited relations with Vasar smith. Well
 ssy and other higher Colleges and Universities. S300, tee % fire proof building Rooms with bath Ele sstor. Attitude 2. GOO feet Excellent climate. Pure water. Literary, Music, Art Expression, Domestic Srisnce, Commercial Branches. For Catalogue address CRESCENT COLLEGE X CONSERVATORY, Depart nent Z'. Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
MOVED FURTHER WESTWARD.
Error Discovered Changes Location
Of Centre of Population.

Washington, Aug. 30.-The centre
of population of the United States was
announced by Director of Census Du-
rand to-day to be the western part
of the city of Bloomington, Monroe
county, Indiana. This is eight miles
further west than the location an
nounced July IL, which Director Du-
rand placed four and one-quarter
miles south of Unionville, in the same
county
The change in the location of the
centre of population since July
II is due to the discovery of an er-
ror made in the census office. Two
clerks worked separately in complet-
ing the location, but both made the
same error and the wrong result was
published as the census Offices de-
termination of the spot. The move
ment OF the centre of population 80
miles westward is due to the increase
of population on the Pacific coast.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Brought Him Cats.

"Wanted-Female cats; will pay
81 apiece for them; call after 9
o'clock. Inquire Of Mr.. Huck, John
A. Murphy Co., Wilbraham avenue"
The foregoing appeared in the want
columns of newspapers in Spring
field, Mass, and as result Mr.. Huck
politely but firmly declined offerings
of cats aggregating more than 500
specimens and nearly as many vari-
eties. Most of the cats were sub
mitted to Mr.. Huck personally for in
spection. When an insistent late
conner attempted to ring in an ancient
jack rabbit, Mr.. Huck's temper got
the better of him and he expressed
willingness to pay considerable more
than one dollar to learn who inserted
the advertisement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
New Hotel for Columbia.

Columbia, Sept. 2.-Ground will
be broken Tuesday morning on the
corner of Main and Laurel streets
for a modern four-story hundred
room hotel building costing in the
neighborhood of 100000 according
to statement made this morning by
Mr.. J. J. Cain, the contractor, who
owns this property, and who has
already announced tentative plans in
regard to a building in this section
of Columbia 1t is expected that the
building will be completed about the
first of June next year. Detailed
plans of the building have not yet
been entirely completed, but it is
stated that the building will be mod
ern in every particular, and that
each room will have private bath.
No manager has yet been secured
for this hotel. ''The property will be
leased to satisfactory parties, if such
can be found" said Mr.. Cain Satur-
day. eff not, I will run it myself" ."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Angry Over Sunday Games.

Nashville, Sept. 2.-The fight OF
the Young Mems Christian Union OF
Nashville for the dissolution of the
baseball team as a result of this sea-
sons Sunday games is up again.
Acting upon petition signed by a
number of citizens, Gov. Hooper, At
torney General Charles T. Gates, con-
curing, has directed Attorney Gen
eral A. B. Anderson, Of Davidson
county, to institute proceedings to
have the charter of the club declared
forfeited.
The action of Gov. Hooper ano
Gen. Gates was taken under section
516S of the Tennessee code, which
provides that such suits can ebe
brought by the attorney general fo1
the county, when directed to do Sc
by the general assembly or by the
governor and attorney general of the
State concurring.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
TO FLY ACROSS OCEAN.
Ohio Man and Five Companions will
Make the Attempt.

Melvin Vaniman's balloon with
which he and five others say they
will attempt to fly across the Atlantic
ocean October % will be shipped
from Akron, Ohio, to Atlantic City
Monday, it having just been COM
pleted in a rubber factory. AS soon
as the frame work of steel tubing is
attached and the balloon inflated in
the mammoth hanger, the airship will
be christened the "Akron,' with fit
ting ceremonies.
The akron" is the only dirigible
of the first class ever built on this
side of the Atlantic. 1t is 268 feet
long or about 80 feet longer than
the America" which was lost in the
ocean as a sequel to the Walter Well
man expedition last year.
Filled with hydrogen it will have
an atmospheric displacement of $780,
900 cubic feet and a gross lifting
power of $4,000 pounds. With the
car and engines attached it will have
a net capacity of $4,000 pounds, or
about 80 persons.
The Akron is made up Of $4,000
pieces of tough fabric. The propel-
lers will each be driven by a gasoline
engine of a hundred horsepower.
The gas bag is of the cigar shape
with an extreme diameter of As feet.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Hero Medal for Negro Boy.

Mr.. Robert Eve, Of Keysville, Ga.,
a son of Mr.. Ben Eve, of that place.
was in Augusta recently making in
quiries about making application for
a Carnegie medal of honor for a ne
gro boy who had saved his life.
About six weeks ago Mr.. Eve was
in Briar Creek fishing and was bit
ten by water rattler or water moe
casin. The negro boy was with him.
and he asked the boy to suck the
poison out of the wound. The wound
was in the heel. The negro boy put
a chew of tobacco in his mouth and
began sucking tire poisoned blood
out of the wouDd. He soon had all
of it out, o, enough to save Mr.
Ewes life.
Mr.. Eve believes that the boys act
comes under the Carnegie hero fund
and application will be made for rec
ognition. The negro boy risked his
life to save that of his white fishing
companion.-Augusta Chronicle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
SUGAR TAKES ANOTHER LEAP.
Consumers and Dealers Affected by
Recent Price Advances.

New York, Aug. 30.-Grocery cir
cles here showed concern to-day over
the high prices now prevailing In the
sugar market There was another
advance in granulated during the day
of 6.25 cents, representing a full cent
rise in the last few weeks and the
highest level in many years.
Coming at the height of the can
ming season, this advance is of vital
interest to consumers all over the
country. 1t is attributed primarily
to a poor sugar beet crop in Europe,
following prolonged drought this
summer. To make matters worse,
the Cuban crop, which furnishes the
bulk of raw material for American
refners, also proved short, and
prices began to soar.
Far sighted dealers bought large
supplies some months ago, leaving
the market almost bare of stock, and
raw sugars in consequence have made
new high records, while many opera
tors in the street predict that the
end is not yet in sight.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
TAFT AGAINST NEGRO.
President is Taken to Task by Inde.
pendent Political League.

Boston, Aug. 30.-In an "address
to the country" adopted at to-day's
session of it's fourth annual conven-
ton, the National Independent Po-
litical league takes President Taft
to task for his alleged color discrim-
ination.
The address asserts that President
Taft announced color discrimination
in the right to hold public office; per-
petuated the injustice of the Browns
Vile soldiers; continued his barter
ing with the colored prejudices of
the South by putting the balance of
the supreme court in the hands of
the Bourbon South; lent the prestige
of his office to the doctrine of infe-
rior education for colored Americans,
and refused to raise his voice for
trial by jury for colored Americans. "
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Storekeeper Kills Negro.

Florence, Aug. 30.-Mr. Charlie
Johnson, manager of the country store
of Mr.. F. NJ. Rogers, killed negro
by the name of Edward Durant Sat-
urday night about o'clock, and ac-
cording to the verdict of the coro-
ner's jury, Mr.. Johnson was justifi-
able in the killing. From what can
be gathered, Durant was somewhat
of a desperate negro and had been
dominating the other negroes in that
section of the country considerably.
He and another negro, it is stated,
broke up a religious service at ne
gro church Saturday evening, and
then went to Mr.. Rogers's store and
raised a row among the hands who
had gathered around the store Tor
their settlement that night. Mr..
Johnson ordered Durant to leave and
he went up the road a short distance
but soon returned and renewed the
rowdyism among the negroes. Again
Mr.. Johnson ordered him to leave the
place, whereupon Durant got out the
door and turned around quickly with
a revolver drawn on Johnson, but the
latter got the drop on him with his
Winchester and killed him instantly.
Durant went to Black Swamp, a few
months ago as a saw mill hand and
it is said bore very bad reputation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Coughs Up Carpet Tack.

When Ernest Heeran, son of Geo
H. Heeran, of Corona, Long Island,
was nine years old, he swallowed a
double-pointed carpet tack. That was
eight years ago, and as no i'll effects
were noted the incident was forgot
ten. Last winter he excelled in
studies and athletics, but suddenly
became i'll and went into rapid de-
cline. The doctor said he would die
from consumption.
About a month ago the boys par
ents took him to st. Mary's hospital,
No. sos West 34th street, Manhattan.
The physicians there examined him
closely, and all gave him up except
DR.. Matthews, who seemed to take
an unusual interest in the case. He
applied the X-Ray to Ernest, and dis
covered some foreign substance close
to the right lung.
Two fruitless operations were per-
formed, and a week ago third op-
Grafton was begun. Just as the sur
geons were finishing their work
Ernest was seized with violent fit
of coughing, and he spat out the
tsck he had swallowed eight years
ago. The surgeons at st. Mary's say
that the boy will recover his normal
strength in a few weeks.-New York
Tribune.