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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
DISAPPEARING GUNS.
Ease With Which These Coast Defense
Monsters Are Operated.

Monsters Are Operated.
Three kinds Of big guns Az used on
the coasts to defend US from hostile
invaders When q gun Is fred over
an embankment or parapet It is called
barbetta The earliest guns were Of
this order. The parapets were notch
ed go that the firing could be done
pvefatheira TOD When the gun la dis
charged through a port or hole In the
embankment It is called casemate
The newest kind Of heavy artillery Is
the disappearing gun. which drops
back behind it's wall az soon as it is
discharged.
The man who aims the gun has a
little platform to one side of the ma.
chine. Things are arranged SO that he
can control all operations Of the gun
from where he stands. Electricity ia
used for bringing the gun up and get.
ting It into position, and all the mech.
anism can be regulated by the gun.
ner. So wonderfully u the big machine
under control that it cannot be fred
by any person whomsoever unless it ts
raised up and in firing position. When
It is not in firing position it II called
''out Of battery"
So nicely is the gun mounted that all
its great mass can b. handled by two
men From the time they start load.
ing It until the gun is mounted and
ready to fire only SIX seconds inter
vene. One Of the big guns can dis
charge a thousand pound projectile
every fifty-t seconds and put hat
tleship out of commission six miles
away.-Exchange
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
LITTLE ROCK TEAM
PLAYS HERE TONIGHT

Little Rock volley ball team will
come to Pine Bluff tonight to play a
series OF games with the Pine Bluff
Y. NJ. C. A. team. When the local
team tied up a week ago with the
Little Rock crowd they sustained a
defeat, and the members say they
are going to pay back this time. 1t
is expected that quite crowd will
attend the game tonight. Members OF
the Pine Bluff team are Ernest APP
person, captain; John Bloom, Minor
Woodward, w. II. Seawell, w. S.
Hubert, John Tucker and o. P.
Keadle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
BRIGANDs IN SKIRTS.

Robbers In Europe Who Dress Like
Grand Opera Ballet Girls.
There are places in the world where
women dress in mems clothing and
men don women's apparel.
Even in Paris there are women
dressed In cheap. coarse. masculine
attire, working as teamsters and day
laborers. While 1t is against the law,
the police wink at the fact and allow
them to earn peaceably their daily
wages.
In Persia in some of the interior
parts the women wear the strangest
oldest trouser garments. They seem
to like them, too, from the fact that
they cling to them in spite of all eff.
forts to make them don feminine at
tire.
Then there are the Alpine dairy
maids, who dress as men when they
20 about their work and look pretty,
If we are inclined to take evidence
from the numbers of men who yearly
persuade them to cast Off their mascu
ZINE dress and put on more clingine
costumes. But then their eyes are SO
bright and their cheeks 80 red that
they couldn't really look homely in
anything they might choose to wear.
Again. far in the north, where 1t is
freezing cold most of the time and
people dress to be comfortable and not
to look pretty, the women are actually
forced into trousers to keep warm.
The ancient women warriors always
purely military. Besides. they were
half masculine In manner and appear
ance and dressed to accentuate their
qualities. They had to make them
selves into fierce looking creatures to
terrify the men on the opposing side.
and from all accounts they succeeded
admirably.
As for the stronger sex. there still
seem to be men in existence who wear
women's garb and enjoy It. In certain
parts Of Greece. Spain and Albania
there are bands of desperate brigands
who. when they are decked out for at.
tacks on strangers or neighbors. look
for all the world like grand opera bal.
let girls in their short, brightly color.
ed skirts, which are made very full
and sometimes even ruffled a bit
They seem tremendously proud Of
their attire, and rival bands strive to
surpass each other in vividness Of pat.
terms and newness Of styles. - Ex.
change.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
CHARGED THE ENEMY.
II Wasn't Because He Was Brave and
Defied Death, Though.

" Waon't Because no was Grave ~
Defisd Death, Though.
General Basil Duke Of Louisville.
commander Of Morgan's cavalry fol
lowing the death of his brother in-law.
General John Morgan. told this story
at reunion of the survivors Of the
battle Of Shiloh.
He said that during one Of the Ten
nessee campaigns Morgan's men sur
prised and drove back a regiment Of
Federal troopers. In the midst Of the
retreat one Of the enemy. who was
mounted upon big bny horse. sud
denly turned and charged the victori.
Gus Confederates full tilt. waving his
arm and shrieking like mad rs he bore
such marvellous courage. the Confed-
crates forbore shooting the approach
Ing foe. but when he was right upon
them they saw there was different
reason for his foolhnr d:ness.
He was n green recruit His horse
had run away with him. The bit had
broken. and. white as a sheet and
scared stiff. the luckless youth was be-
ing propelled straight at the whooping
Kentuckians, begging for mercy as he
came.
JEFF Sterritt, a noted wit Of the com.
mand, stopped the horse and made a
willing prisoner Of the rider. Sterritt.
who had not washed or shaved for
days and was ferocious looking per
son. pulled out big pistol. II don't
know whether to kill you right now,'
he snid. "or wait until the fight ID
over"
Mister" begged the Quivering cap
tive. don't do 1t at all I'm a djssi.
patcd character. and l amt prepared
to die" -Philadelphia Saturday Even
Ing Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Velocity Of Liaht.

The velocity of light as determined
by Simon Neewomb is 209.S6O kilome
tiers. or 1892 miles. per second re
duced to y vacuum or space specific
speed. Time required for light to come
here from moon. 1.3 seconds: from
sun. 8 minutes 10 seconds: from near
est star. 4.35 years: from Sirius. 81
years; from Arcturus. not less than
10 years, and from others vastly more
remote. from 1000 to 5000 years,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
TODAY IS YOUR ONLY DAY.
Yesterday 10 Record and Tomorrow
May Never Come.


May Never Come.
Good days and bad days exist only
In your own head. The weather has
nothing to do with It. Each day is
what you make 1t for yourself. Bad
weather Is only an unfortunate opin-
lon.
Suppose It is raining pitchforks You
get word that your salary has been
doubled or that forgotten uncle has
left you 100000. What do you care
about the weather then? Or suppose
the person you love is dying. timex
pectedly turn for the better comes
The doctor says your dear one will live.
What If 1t is hotter than Tophet? II
Is good day. great day. q happy day.
It's what you think and feel about 1t
that makes each day what 1t is You.
within yourself. can make each day.
every day. good day. Put down in
the notebook Of your soul the poet
ieuneberg's thought:
Each day is 4 life."
When you get up In the morning
throw back your shoulders. take q deep
breath Meet the new day like man
Say to yourself:
Another day--another lifey'
For oil we know. It may be the only
day wen ever have. Let's make It the
best day we can. Let's strive to see
that it is day worth while. Let's
move step forward in our work
Let's do all the good we can. Let's get
all the happiness we can-today.
Right now is the only time you car
control Yesterday Is u record. To
morrow is secret. Today Is yours. Il
,nine.-American Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
ELLERY BAND.

The night program for Ellery band
which will be heard at the Elks thea
ire shortly will be as follows:
March," Old Comrads,' Tieke.
Overture, William Tell, Rossini.
Trumpet solo, GIN the Garden o.
Ny Heart (BalD, by Mr.. D'Amico.
Frnech Serenade-" Les Million
harlequin Drigo."
Madam Butterfly, Scene from Ac
2, Puccini.
"Poor Butterfly Waits Vainly fol
the Coming of Pinkerton," solo by
Mr.. DAmico.
The Geisha, Sidney Jones.
Baritone solo, Evening STAR frol,
Tannhauser, (Vedri,) by Mr.. Young
Tria from Attila, Verdi, Messers
D'Amico, Rasaon, De Saints.
Symbolic Poem-"Les Preludes'
Litz.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
More Bottles Sold Each Year

1t is easy to understand why an
increasing number of bottles of
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is
sold yearly. Thos. Verran, 2S6
Edward street, Houghton, Mich,
gives an excellent reason when he
writes: "Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound has always proven an eff
fective remedy quickly relieving
tickling in the throat, and stopping
the cough with no bad after effects.
SeawelPs Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Nervous and Sick Headaches

Torpid liver. constipated bowels
and disordered stomach are the cause
Of these headaches. Take DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, you will be surprised
how quickly you will get relief. They
stimulate the different organs to do
their work properly. No better regu-
lator for liver and bowels. Take
CSC, and invest in a box today. At
all druggists or by mail. H. E..
Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia and st.
Louis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Carborundum In Furnaces


Carborundum. tho artificial substl
tute for emery. which is said to rival
tho diamond in hardness. is employ.
ed. because Of its extraordinary 70
sistance to heat, as q coating for the
interior Of furnaces, Finely powdered
and made into paste, 1t is applied
with q brush, like paint. to the brick
lining It Is said that layer of only
two mllimeters In thickness will pro
tect the hricks from the effects of the
highest temperature that is produced
IN ordinary furnace combustion.
Carborundum Is itself q product OF
tho electric furnace, being composed
Of silica and carbon fused in the pres
snce Of salt and sawdust-Harper'l
Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
The ~peviI,. craveyard.n

A cemetery known Us the Devils
Graveyard" on top Of rocky hill
overlooking Sion. Switzerland. where
for centuries were buried sorcerers
and sorceresses. Is being blasted away
10 make room for public Improvements
Prom the tenth century to the early
seventeenth those supposed to be In
traffic with the evil one We're tortured.
executed and buried there. The exca-
vators have found bones estimated to
DO those of many hundreds of persons,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Explaining lt.

Jones Dust introduced II suppose
you don't remember me. but was
once witness against your side In o
certain trial. and remember that you
cross examined me with the greatest
courtesy. The Lnwyer-Is that SO
Perhaps your testimony was not ma
terial.-Puck
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22

During football match in the north
OF England a spectator persisted In
making loud remarks about the con.
duct of the referee. At last the of1ciai
went up to him and said. Look here.
my man; I've been watching you for
about the last fifteen minutes!" Jaw
thort sol" came the scathing reply.
Jaw thort SO! Aw knew very weel
thou wasn't watching t gamev'-Lon.
don Taller.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
EQUAL to the Emergency,

Indignant Wife-I wonder what you
would have done IL you had lived when
men were first compelled to earn their
bread by the sweat Of their brows! In.
dolent Husband-I should have started
little notion store and sold handker.
ehiefS.-ChicaGo YriDuAA
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22

LYDIA =. Plnkham 8
Veg e ia Bile Com
pound did for ms.
One year ago l found
myself a terrible suf-
ferer. / had pains
in both sides and
8 UGH a soreness /
could scarcely
str al g tie n up at
times. M y b ack
ached, ! had no APP
petite and was so
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Still He Had Jt.

A certain physician told some Of his
patients that as long as they kept their
feet and legs dry they would be safe
from an attack Of the grip One day
he was surprised to receive letter
from patient In which the latter said
that he had two wooden legs and yet
be had had the grip for Ave consecu
tive years.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
scheolroom Humor.

The following schoolboy "howlers"
come from New Zealand:
"GrOss darkness IL ia times darker
than ordinary darkness"
"Marconi is the stuff you use to make
delicious buildings"
~Charon was man who fried soles
over the sticks"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22

Shirts. collars, and cuffs, vests
and ties, sent to this laundry are
given that immaculate cleanliness
and beauty Of finish which every man
of taste appreciates. American Ex-
celsior Laundry. Phone l4s. 7-1e tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22

0abe-l see where waiter in 81
Louis has purchased a hotel out OF the
tips he received In Ave years. Steve
What did he do with the rest Of the
money ?-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Pain in Back and Rheumatism

Torment thousands Of people daily.
Don't be one of these sufferers when
for so little cost you can get we'll
rid of the cause. Foley Kidney Pills
begin their good work from the very
first dose. They exert so direct an
action on the kidneys and bladder
that the pain and torment of back
ache, rheumatism and kidney trouble
is soon dispelled. Seawell's Phar-
macy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
CAUGHT the Habit.

THAT yachting party are telling the
biggest fakes ever heard"
Yes. and you can sec at glance
that even the yacht Il lying to."-Balti
more American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Light and Speed.

Many young man today burns thf
midnight gasoline thai his old dali
burned the midnight oil to pay for.-
Florida HMss Union.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Necessary Knowledge.

why are you learning French?"
"Whyf Because I've just got dog
lrom France. and the silly beast can't
understand 4 word Of English. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Tho Eternal Feminine.

swimmer certainly amt got no con
sistency."
Whats the matter. Niike?'
me wife chased me out wild rolling
min this morning and then cried be-
cause left home without kissing her
Eoodby. "-Pittsburgh Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22

What men want Il not talent, It u
purpose; not the power to achieve. but
~ win b 10 Observation-Disclosures.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22

Now is the time to buy your piano
while the saleis on at the Barnes
Music House. tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
Qamanda.

Knicker-"What Is the matter with
Smith," Bocker-"His baby wants
the moon and his wife wants the
earth"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22
WOMAN ESCAPES
OPERATION
By Timely Use of Lydia E.
Pinkharn's Vegetable
Compound.
Here is her own statement.

Cary, Maine. =" feel it duty owe
to all suffering women to tell what
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-22

-..A...:,.:;..s;..;. ,.-:.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-09

like Pegeen, primitive. tragic, MELANCHOLY
daring, as she. Pegeen IS very suohs'
healthy. Irish girl. whose Imagination Is
I'm accord with every changing mood OF
all outdoors.
"Of course. the great objection to Ihe
pIayboy of the Western World was the
noInt of the story, that Pegeen was III
love with a man who was suspected OF
having murdered his father. with the
noet | often discussed the ethical values
of peceen's love for a man who had COM
ndtted or was suspected Of having COM
nitted this crime. think We decided 'at
least we agreed that a woman loves 'he
man she chooses above and apart from
ali his sins. OF course. In the play wheh
peeeen discovers that her neighbors all
Lrov her lovers sin. she casts him aside'
This also is true OF the pride OF the
irish nature. for an Irish girl VIII never
forgive a man who places her IN posi-
tion where her pride is offended.
although 1t has been said that 'ne
characters in Synge's play were 'ahei'
from the folk who lived near MIN on tne
Aran Islands, know Of only one cnar-
octer in the play which was found among
his neighbors. That character was 'he
| Widow Quinn, which was created py my
New-York tribune., 1913-11-09
IN THE sURLEsoUE FIELD.

Miners Big Frolic is the title Of the
burlesque organization that Will be seen
at the Columbia Theatre for the week
commencing tomorrow afternoon. The
company is a combination OF Miners
Americans and Miners Bohemians. both
NJ which are we'll known in this city. A
new two-act burlesque called MIXED
Pickles" will be presented with a cast
headed by the German comedian, sam
Rice. and including Chester Nelson. FellX
Rush. Harry Keeler. Blanche Curtis Mar
garet King and Lulu Beeson. Th" libretto
WAS written by Dave Marion, and James
German. who has been identified with
some OF the Cohan & Harris productions
is responsible for the staging OF the piece
Clarks Rosey Posey Girls. one OF the
hest of burlesque shows, Will be seen at
the Murray Hill Theatre this week IN
two one-act satires, called The Mayor
Election" and The Little Widow Both
pieces are bright and humorous and the
scenic and costume equipment Is eiao-
orate In the cast are Mike j. Kelly
Irving Gear, Lee Hickman. George A.
Clark. Anthony Cortelli, Adelina Roa-
tinno, Irene Gold, Helen Reynolds ana
Ruby Grey.
Other shows in town include the Troca-
deros at the Peoples, Youth Beauty ana
Folly at Hurtig & Semons and the
Follies of the Day at Miners. In the
Rronx In Brooklyn, the Gay New York
org are at the Star, Robes Beauty Show
et the Empire and the Roseland Girls at
the Casino.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-09
THE POET AND THE PLAYER
Marie ONeill the Irish Actress Tells Of Her Friendship
with John Synge and Her Part in the Creation
of The Playboy' and "Dreidre.

, any, even If il had been offered TO him
Ny own salary at that time was Il shill-
ings and pence week We USED 10
make a production once a month, ana the
new play never ran over one weeks en-
cagement. Sometimes all the theatre
earned during that week would be $50
Even when we made as much as that we
were rich The plays selected were al
ways read 10 the company by the author
We used to sit around a table in the
creenroom Of the Abbey Theatre, ana
when a play had been read TO us we were
asked TO give our opinion and criticisms.
1T was at the first reading or John
Synge's play, Shadows Of the Glen. that
| met him. / was cast for the leading
part. II was a story about the solitary
life of the glen, and as / had always
lived in a village did not know 50 much
about the shepherds life In the noun
tains So one evening Synge offered TO
take me TO a typical shepherds cottage
in the mountains.
"a driZzling rain was falling as we
started on foot up the mountain path
toward the solitary cottage. We talked
Of plays. of poetry, OF the lie OF the
glen. II grew quite dark before we re-
turned, and ! realized then for the hrst
time the intellectual quality OF this SOIL
tary poet, and l also realized his great
simplicity and the affection which he had
for the peasants, for the poor. with whom
ne always lived. That was the beginning
Of friendship Of many years Which
lasted till he died.
collaborated with him on his plays
should say that / never really ala mat
But like TO feel. and think ! can say
sincerely, that / was an inspiration ior
him. The characters Of Pegeen were
worked out between us. He wrote his
nlays with a pen and he would dictate
them TO me on the typewriter. lie read
beautifully. with a perfect knowledge OF
the dramatic value of what he was writ
ing. Usually he would read line aloud
look at me with his searching eyes, ana
ask me what / thought OF II. In TINS
wav we went over nearly all the lines or
| 'pegeen.' In the evenings at his little
cottage on the Aran Islands, when we
were not working out one OF his plays
he would take out his violin. which he
played SplendldIy, anu lHN''o ''' "N'e"
bors in to dance. At these times he was
almost In rollicking humor. AS matter
of fact. however, Synge had very suptIe
wit. He said humorous things win
serious face. He was very much ikeo
by every one in the village where ne
lived. do not think ne ever cared very
much for the theatre. He toid me once
that he was twenty-five years Ola Deioie
he went inside theatre at all
"The violent demonstration against ms
play The Playboy of the Western "orlu'
which IL received on It's first performance
,r dublin. was great surprise to hln'
The first and second acts were ehthuSi'
| os,icallv received on the first perform
ance. 1t was in the third act that hissihs
and wild objections on the part OF ,he
audience broke loose. Just one Hne
New-York tribune., 1913-11-09

seemed 10 set tne house in a blaze OF
anger. This was the line:
"'No. / would not leave "Pegecn, not
II you brought me drift OF chosen
females standing in their shifts itself.
"A tremendous pressure was put upon
the poet to change this line We talked
II over. he and I. and ! finally agreed
with him that there was no reason IN
the world why his own expression, his
exact words, should be changed. 1t was
a child of his brain and his own to DO
as he pleased with. / confess that
urged him, supported him In his posi-
ton. You know. Synge was by instinct
tho one poet who has interpreted the
great. primitive and savage splendor OF
the Irish people This line which was so
vic,ously criticised, is to my mind a
snIendid expression OF HIS complete un-
derstanding of the heart Of Irelanh.
There is in the Irish nature hghting
heroism VIII ch has never been so effec-
tiyely and passonately voiced as ih
Synge's dramatic poems.
'J like TO feel, and / have reason 10
believe. that in my moulding the charac-
ter Of Pegeen there was something OF
NV own soul that l placed in the hands
of the poet to inspire his genius. L am