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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
HIS SELF CONTROL.
He Proved It to His Own but Not His
FamiIy's Satisfac tion.

Mr. Brown was excitablc by nature
but he often prided himself audbl,
upon his self control. One night Will.
the family were gathered at the tef
table the chimney began to roar. Th,
furnace draft had been opened and fol
gotten. Straightway panic ensued
Don't lose your heads-keep cool
cried Mr.. Brown. It's nothing ser,
GUS"
He dashed up the stairs. discovero
that the metal cap over the only up
used stoveppe hole was already re,
hot, and dashed down again taste,
than he went up.
Keep cool.' he gaspcd as he passes,
through the room where the famil.
had gathered in nervous apprehension
I'll be back in Il minute.'
He was back in less than that time
having observed that the flames were
spouting several feet high from the
chimney and that q shower of sparks
was falling upon the roof
"Wh-where's the stepladder?" he
painted.
He was gone before any one could
answer the question and presently was
heard believing from the roof of the
wood she'd He presented a heroic
figure in the glare of the blazing chin
ney.
I've got one end Of the hose" he
called. ''Sone one attach the other
end and turn on the water-quick!"
Two long minutes passed.
"Why doesn't some one do as l or
dered?' he Numbered. do you want
the place to burn up:"
1--WE can't. Henry" called Mrs Brow
tremblingly You haven't got the
hose. You've got the COW rope. II
was hanging next to the hose In the
shed, and anyway the roof is covered
with ice, and l don't think there's any
great danger outside. You'd better &c
and watch the chimney from the in
side"
A half hour later the family were
again at the tea table.
eff this had happened in some
homes,' remarked Mr.. Brown, "tht
family would have lost their heads
completely and sent in an alarm. Sell
control is an excellent thing and fal
from common"
:Indeed, it is" agreed Mrs. Brown
emphatically.-Y Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
WELCOMED A KICKING.
Odd Incident That Proved the Popu.
iarity of Dumas

Odd Incident That Proved the Popu-
iarity of Dumas.
In MY Autobiography Nine. Jul
dith, the great French actress, writes
Of Alexander Dumas the elder:
This giant of a mulatto. with his
big, black, hooking eyes, his wide nos
trils, thick lips, heavy chin, his crisply
curling hair and his forehead with its
strange bumps, like that of some I'M
ruly child who is always fighting with
his comrades, was truly a representa-
tive parsonage, a type rejecting all the
passion of the romanticists. There
would have been something wanting to
his time if this grandson of a negress
had not been seen striding along the
Partisan boulevards, If his laugh had
not been heard on the terraces of the
his part with naive self satisfaction in
official ceremonies and at the Tuieries
ball, OF walking about behind the
scenes at the theater with his arm
around the waist of some actress, or
eating and drinking enough for four in
the merry suppers at which authors
and artists used to meet.
"His popularity was simply unequal
ed. There was a story current in my
time of singular wager made by
Merry of Marseilles. Walking one day
in some public garden with a friend,
he suddenly said to him: do you see
that big, ridiculous looking fellow? !
bet you 100 sous that If / kick him. no
matter where, instead Of flying into a
rage he will make me polite bow
1.-THE bet was taken, and Merry, creep
ing stealthily up behind NJ. Prud-
homme, gave him a tremendous kick in
the small of his back. The man turned
red with Indignation, but Merry cried:
oh, beg your pardon, sir; took you
for Alexander Dumas, with whom l
have an account to SETTLE
Ellis victim, only too proud to be
taken for such great man, at once re-
Tented and, taking off his hat in the
most amiable manner, he said, with a
bow, There is no harm done, mon
sieur.' The hundred sous were Won"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
ANSON SCORED LAST.
The Old Chicago Captain Made Two
'-; Plays to DahIen's Ono. "1f

Tho old Chicago Captain Made Two
'-' Plays to DahIen's Ono. la
Tim Hurst, the veteran umpire, told
this one on Bill Dah1en when Bill was
a youth toiling under Cap Arson In
Chicago Said he:
"Anson called Dahlen good and hard
in a game 1 was umpiring in Chicago.
Dahlen took it without saying word,
but few minutes later Bill remarked
to me, Watch me bark that old fell
lows shins' Ans was not as agile
then as he was in his younger days,
and he stopped with much effort. All
through that game Bill made great
stops, only to throw the ball a few
feet in front of the bag, and it was up
to Arson to stop it with his shins.
'However, that was not the end of it.
A few days later the White Stockings
had to make a trip to st. Louis, and
Arson told Dahlen he would not be
taken on the trip. Bill had been told
that several times and he thought Ans
was fooling. The train left Chicago
about midnight and Dahlen was with
the rest of the team.
"When the train was about twenty
FIVE miles out of Chicago the conductor
told Arson there were sixteen men in
the party and he had received only
fifteen tickets. Arson said there were
only fifteen men and named the berths
they occupied.
"'The man in berth No. II says he is
a member Of the Chicago team,' said
the conductor who was referring to
Dahlen. He's stringing you replied
Arson. Poor Bill was asked to cough
up and couldn't. The train was stop
ped, and Dahlen was put off the train
about thirty miles from Chicago. How
he got back to Chicago only Bill him
self knows, but he would not talk to
anybody for week."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
FREAKS OF NATURE
A Tree That Throws Somersauts and .
Waterfall Reversed.

A tree gone mad and Il waterfall thai
falls up instead Of down are among
the strange things to be seen in Ha
wall. as described by John Burroughs:
In the Century Magazine:
Mature in the tropics, left to he1
self, is harsh. aggressive, savage
looks as though she wanted to hang
you with her dangling ropes or impalc
you on her thorns or engulf you in her
ranks of gigantic ferns. Her mood is
never as placid and sane as in the
north There is a tree in the Hawaiian
woods that suggests tree gone mad.
1t is called the >hau tree. 1t lies down.
squirms and wriggles all over the
ground like wounded snake. 1t gets
up and then takes to earth again. Now
it wants to be Il vine; now it wants to
be tree. 1t throws somersaults. 1t
makes itself into loops and rings. it
rolls. it reaches, it doubles upon itself.
Altogether it is the craziest vegetable
growth | ever saw.
at was near Pail that l saw what
had never seen or heard of before-a
waterfall reversed, going up instead of
down. 1t suggested StOckton's story
of negative gravity. A small brook
comes down off the mountain and at
tempts to make the leap down a high
precipicc. but the winds catch it and
carry it straight up in the air like
smoke 1t is translated; it becomes a
mere wrath lowering above the bee
thing crag Night and day this goes
on. the wind snatching from the noun
tains in this summary way the water
it has brought them"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
Chocolate
Fudge

Il cupful Red VelDn Syrup.
2 squares bitter chocolate. n
cupfui cream or milk. 2 cup
fuls graduated sugar. i cup
full chopped nut meats, I tea
spoonful ginger extract, z
heaping tabiespoonfuis of
butter.
Meis chocolate in saucepan.
add Veluo. butter. sugar and
milk or cream. Stir oUer fire
till they boil for four minutes.
Test in cold tOater and ren'ous
from, the fire tOhen it forms q
soft ball or registers 2AOoF.
on the thermometer. Add ex-
tract and nuts and beat until
smooth. Pour into buttered
pan and cut in squares Uhen
cold.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
Lucky Thirteenth.

A woman who sets particular store
by the thirteenth superstition surprised
her friends by accepting an invitation
to a luncheon where there were to b.
thirteen guests.
81 will be late" she said, "for shall
make it point to be the thirteenth
person to enter the room. That Is
funny thing about thirteen. Many &C
cidents have happened to parties thir
teen in number, but investigation has
shown that while the other twelve per
sons suffered more or less the thir
teenthperSon who joined the compan!
always escaped unframed. "-Philadel
phia Ledger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
inspiration and Sitting Tight.

George Eliot believed that her novels
were the product Of inspiration or gen
ius. Anthony Trollope thought his was
the result of "cobbler's wax, madam"
or the faculty of sitting tight in his
chair and turning out 25O words every
fifteen minutes for two or three hours
before breakfast The method sue
ceeded so far as to bring him a return
Of $35O,OOO and the reading public set
Of novels which are being more appre-
ciated every day.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
Nothino to Worry Over,

II heard something the other day
that greatly surprised me. and have
been worried about it ever since"
"What was it?"
II don't know whether l ought tC
mention 1t to you or not, but was
told that your daughters husband was
free thinker. She's such u lovely
girl! I hope it isn't true"
"Of course it isn't, or If 1t is it won't
make any difference. Laura takes aft
er me, and my husband was a free
thinker, too, when married him. Now
Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
Twentieth Century Definitions.

A witty judge of the municipal court
Of Boston stoutly declared that "a pat
riot was man who refused to button
his wife's lingerie waist"
"a martyr" he went on, lis one who
attempts and fails, while hero tries
and succeeds"
"Then what is a coward?' asked a
curious bystander.
ooh, a coward" replied the judge. "is
a man who remains single so he won't
have to try."-Youth's Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
Not So Very Much,

"You've got nothing on me-" said the
cook.
The mistress looked her over care
fully.
"Only one hat, one skirt and two
punches of puffs," she retorted, "and
you'll take 'em all off before you leave
too."-Pittsburgh Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
Not Unlikely.

"Well, my boy" said the visitor to
Bobby. 81 suppose some day you ex-
pect TO step into your fathers shoes
ooh. suppose So said Bobby
cloomily. II been wearin' out every
thing else he wears since mother
learned how to cut 'em down for me-"
-Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
A Tale Of Two Cities.

81 thought your minister was to
have a call to Minneapolis"
"He did expect 1t, but he went up
there to preach trial sermon and took
his text from st. Paul, so it's all off,
Chicago Record Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25
Information Wanted.

"Pop, I want to ask you something
"What is 1t. my chhd?'
"Do they make aifships go with n.y.
wheels Baltimore American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-05-25

Take care of your thoughts and your
words and deeds will take care Of
themselves.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18

ent as q reader, and for years wa In
great demand for public entertain
ments. Her work Wednesday night
showed that her Evolutionary work was
still her principal forte, altho in her
vocal numbers she appeared to good
advantage. Miss Gilchrist possesses q
sweet voice that Ia very pleasing. but
she is not capable Of any great
strength in her tones. Her audience
was Very ap~preciative, and called for
several encores. Miss Gilchrist sang a
group Of Germon songs. n French
number. and a group OF American
songs. These were her best. and nat
urally proved the most popular.
In her readings Miss Gllchrist dis
played great talent, and improve
ment by training that the years have
given her since she last appeared be.
fore a local audience. Keeping a Seat
at h Benefit" q monolog by Fisk, and
Paul Laurence Dunbar's Little Brown
Baby were the best numbers among
the readings.
Mics Emily Perkins appeared most
pleasing as Miss Gilchrst's accom-
PIANIST.
Following her entertainment Miss
0ilchrist was welcomed by the greet
tnss OF many old friends who were in
her audience. Miss Gilchrist is here
for holiday vacation, visiting her
mother. Mrs. Ida Gilchrist, and sister,
Mrs. A. H. E. Matthews.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
Aid Fight Against
White Plague With
Red Gross Seals

Red Cross Christmas seals for 1913
are now for sale by local merchants.
ready for the Christmas packages that
will be mailed this week.
The seals cost l cent each, and the
money that comes from the sales goes
to help in the fight against tubercu-
losis. A part of the money is sent to
the American Red Cross Society for its
national work, and the rest is devoted
to the work in Marshall county.
It should be remembered that the
seals do not pay postage. and must
not be placed on the address | d OF
the envelope. but on the back of en-
velopes or packages.
At the following places Of business
Red Cross Christmas seals may be
obtained: E. r. Lay, Benedict 4
Brintnall. C. H. Whitehead. D. c. VIII
bur store, Old Reliable Drug Com
pany. b. A. Morgan, Peter. Mayer 4
Son, Beinert Drug Company. Stepan
drug Company. A. T. Elder, Mcbride
& VIII Drug Company, uptown and
depot stores, Y. NJ. c. A." John b.
Simmons and L. P. thinner.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
TMEs-REPUBl1CAN. MARsHALLTowN. IOWA: DECEMBER Is, 1918

ter where you get IT. This was his
creed, and ne made his raw native
cook observe 1t vigorously.
"One day. while on . tour Of inspec-
ttion, the engineer was presented with
a bottle of champagne by a sea cap
tain. Managing also to pick up a piece
OF ice on his return to town, he hurried
back to quarters with his prizes,
"A temperate chap. this was the first
wine that had come his way since his
arrival in Panama. He said to his
native cook, as he handed over his
precious burden.
"'Get up something extra good to-
day. for I have asked a few friends In
to dinner to help me dring this superb
Wine
THE guests arrived. The cook
served the stewed beef and potatoes.
Nov the wine cried the host. rub
bling his hands.
The cook disappeared. then stalked
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18

be meeting In secret = man not her
husband?
Fools who play with fire must ex-
pect to be singed.
There's an Easy way to avert such
heart-rending tragedies. 1t 10 to avoid
the appearance or evil"
We live In an g when women
rightly seek freedom. Their lives have
been narrowed. They wish. many OF
| them, TO take part In the great activi-
| ties outside the home. More and more
they are forced to earn their living by
work IN competition with men. Wheth-
er we like this or whether we do not,
| the fact itself can not be blinked and
it is compelling a readjustment OF
many standards.
But some truths are fundamental
| and exchanging thruout changing
human circumstance. One OF them Is
| that no Irritation between married per-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18

sons o. opposite ;sex OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
cent. Tho a b. freo % ~ oX11e
excitSs appeal 70 the unwslttGEl
still II In hasaFA oe ~ bAauM14
ties Of society: Il spesa0e sthNsg1orMS
ION Of evil tho II - II ttsslgs6eer el91
~ impure, #a%S%
There ought 4 be . lesson Tor Mahy9
In that Kansas City tragedy. JeeypNtj
don't marry.--Minneapolia Newass
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
NEW BILL AT oRPHEuM.
Mexican Marimba Exports Are Feat
ured in Closing Bill Of Week.

ured in Closing Bill OF week.
The Ovando Quartet. Mexican
marimba experts, presenting a novel
ty musical act, will feature the bill at
the Orpheum for the last half of The
week, opening this evening. This
unique musical organization give a
musical program Of classical music on
the native MEXICAN Instruments, n
the program is changed for each per-
formance. The marimba and comes
here direct from big vaudeville time
and is highly recommended by thes
alter anage wherever they have APP
peared.
Grisscn, wainwright and Adair, he
"-agt!me harmony three" Ii an act of
music and nirth, WIN open the bill.
Hazel Morrow, ''the western girl" Of
fers an act which is unique, consisting
Of the pastimes Of the west. singing,
dancing and rope spinning.
ORPHEUM.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
Sues Husband For Divorce.

Mrs. Ada L. PaulHn, of this city. has
filed suit for divorce from Charles A.
Paullin, also Of this city. I'm the dis
trict court this morning. Mrs. Paullin
alleges cruel Ind inhnman rreatmens:
She asks that she be awarded the Gus
tody Of her minor daughter. Julia May.
and that she be given aliinony OF $500
in the division Of the household goods.
An order for an attachment Tor $500
against the household effects was is
sued by Judge Cummings on the show
ing made in the petition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
SPECIAL TONIGHT.

Bargains For Thursday Evening Shop.
pers at Benedict & 6rintnaIPs
Apron check ginghams 4 cents a
yard. both dark n light percales S
cents a yard.
Grey and tan bed blankets 40 cents.
colored and black messaline petit
coats, $3.50.
BENEDICT & BRLNTNAlL.
Headquarters for Satisfaction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
Rcd Mon Elect officers.

The following officers were elected
by Chippewa Tribe, No. 40, I. o. r. NJ.
wednesday evening: Sachem, C. w.
Lurvey; senior sycamore. Dennis Dill
Ter; Junior sycamore. Edwin Rosen-
gren: prophet, George Seff1nga; keeper
Of records, Oscar Rosengren: keeper OF
wampum, w. L. Boswell: first sannap,
H. 4olwitzer: second sannap. II. Gar
linghouse; guard OF the wigwam. P.
Griffis; guard Of the forest. Louis Oh
son; trustees, p. A. Gettle, D. L.. Lamb,
and E. G. Huber.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
Lost IL. snarkla.

Colonel Goethals. who as chief engt-
neer of the Panama canal has become
world-famous, recently told a Canal
Zone story.
1--WE had in Ancon." he said ian
engineer who was in constant dread of
disease. He was also a crank on the
subject of microbes.
"'Boil everything you drink. no mat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
ifYou Must Flirt.

II You Must Flirt.
"He spoke OF the affair as an n
cent little Irritation"
Let's hope 1t was.
But the married man who had been
meeting the other mans wife now lies
beneath six feet of earth. the other
man is In iail charged with murder
and two homes are shattered.
What business has a married man
to be indulglng in tlirtattons, innocent
or otherwise?
What right has Il married woman 10
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
Loe,, Weather Record.

Forty-seven and 20 were the ex-
tremes of temperature Wednesday,
compared with Al and q, the maxi
mum and minimum Tuesday and So
and 25, the extremes OF temperature
a year ago Wednesday,. At Z o'clock
his morning the temperature was still
20.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

Everything TIE Imagination Could
Think Of Can Be Had at the Temple
Of Economy.
Christmas trees, holly. mistletoe,
holly wreaths. all kinds of decorations
for Christmas. Christmas trees, 25
cents and SO cents. Holly, 10 cents a
bunch. holly wreaths 20 cents. Mistle-
toe, 10 cents a bunch. All fresh. Open
evenings until Christmas.
TEMPLE OF ECONOMY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18

back. carrying . steaming saucepan
nearly full Of q hot, muddy-yellow IL
Quid.
What In thunder's that. you ras-
calf'
That's the wine, enor.' replied the
cook gravely. I boil him good. and he
most all go way. 'Cording to your
orders, senor.'"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18

Lady-'You quits andsrstanA.s leegN
I shall only be at home svsgysVo0S
nesday from 3 to 8" Non-YG.6
mum" To herssli-"Noga. yqqp1el1
got q heavenly situation. , -
trees only 1t homo for two ho1zosA
week."-Albany Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
LOCAL MARKETS.
priess Paid to Farmers by Marshall.
town Merchants.

priess Paid to Farmers by MARSHALL
town Merchants.
The following prices are quoted by
Aarshalltown dealers for the differ
ent varieties Of farmers provisions,
grain. produce. and hides. tallow, wool.
pelts and skins.
S. P. Johnson quotes the following
prices for country produce:
Eggs-30.
Butter-30.
Benedict Flour and Feed Company
will pay the following prices at their
place Of business In this city. subject
however. to market changes:
Oats-35. -"
New corn-58.
HIDES. FUR AND WOOL.
H. Willard, Son & Co. quotes the fol-
lowing prices:
Green hides-10 cents.
Horse hides. large-$3.00. :
No. / tallow-5 cents. Is :
Beeswax-30 cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
Ioe.il L;vastock Markell

Local Livestock Markea
Britain & Co. today quoted the FOL.
loving prices for hogs:
Hogs over $50 pounds-7.30.
Prime hogs, $50 to $50 pounds-6.s5.
Packers-7.10.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-10-02
MUSIC MAKES BAD MEN GOOD
So Says Columbus (O.) Warden After
His Experience With His
Orchestra.

Columbus, O.--Not prisoner has
been guilty of an infraction of the
prison dining hall rules since the
eleven-piece orchestra has been enter
tanning the men during meal time.
Two weeks ago the warden conceived
the idea of having the prison orchestra
play in the two dining halls. The mu-
sicians play in one hall at noon and
in the other in the evening. but the
two halls are so close together that
the music from one can be heard in
the other.
In this way nearly 1000 convicts
have the uplifting influence OF music,
Under the old plan, Warden Thomas
said, about half the fights were start
ed in the dining room. Good music,
the warden thinks, does not necessar
lily mean classical music, and on each
program there is goodly sprinkling
OF popular music, including ragtime.
Warden Thomas Is considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of forming two crack mil
itary companies. II the plan under
way materalizes, one company will be
of white prisoners and the other of col
ored Residing temporarily behind the
bars are former members of the y. S.
army and the National Guard Of other
states who might be used to start the
two companies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-10-02

insuring worldly success. Who of us
is thoroughly natural? Some, perhaps
but few-very few. An affectation,
not too patent, a pose, a pretensc OF
greatness, next to greatness itself
makes the best impression upon the
tie greatness itself TO distinguish true
greatness. That is why the really
great are frequently not recognized
until after their death But when u
man, by his manner. insists that he is
great. the world generally takes him
at his own estimate. and accords him
the honors of greatness
The man who poses as righteous
obtains reputation for righteousness
Whether he really deserves 1t usually
does not matter The man who poses
as profound obtains a reputation for
profundity. He may be as shallow as
rivulet but the pose is apt TO create
the impression he seeks to convey, Wo
all know the msn who utters com.
mon-places with the rotundity OF
the great orator with the air OF an
oracle, arrogating to himself the hon.
ors Of original discovery. We all
know the impressive appearance and
rotund defamation which often give
public men, lawyers. lecturers and
other forensic speakers vast reputa
lions which the product of their brain,
utterly fails to Justify.