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HELPLESS WHEN ON ITS BACK
Predlcamen1 of Camel Means Much Hard Work and Is Conducive to
 Profanity.

The -ship Of tho desert," like any other ship. may be caps1zed, and in that predicament the camel is said to be absolutely helpless under certain conditions
 The queer beasts manner of lying down to rest Is to fold his legs be- meath his body. If he happens to roll upon his side he cannot recover his feet again. This infirmity of the animal was amusingly illustrated in the experience or ( French explorer whose caravan was made up of cam els.
 The leader had bought some new ones and had no idea of taking any other animals 1h.s, q country largely composed of looge sand. Trouble be gan at the very outset. One camel, as awkward as any Of the species. man. aged to tumble Into ditch Of thick mud between the road and & wheat field. When once fallen a camel can only get up again If he can arrange his feet conveniently under him and if the ground is nearly flat.
 In this case It was not SO The ami nal lay with all four feet in the air, perfectly resigned and incapable d a single movement to helP himself. To draw him out required more than half an hour and took the united efforts of many men With cords passed unr der the camers back
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SAVED BY A GHOST.
Curious Story of Specter and shs
 Lonely Yorkshire Moors. ?

OuFlouS SSory or SpeCser dnC Sne
 Lonely Yorkshire Moors.
 It is not often that we hear of ghost saving q mans life There is however, an instance. and it seems to be tolerably well authenticated. and materialists will hardly know how to account for it. Here is the story It is of the Yorkshire dales and of good many years ago
 A clergyman whose duty lay in that wild country, where strong race of men and women lived principally on bacon and oatcake. used to ride or walk to visit the people. He had been raising a subscription in time of scarcity and had to be out late at night One evening on his outward journey he suddenly became aware of q figure moving beside him, and in the gloam- Ing he recognized his brother, who had died some time before. He was too awestruck for words. and after keep ing by his side for some distance over the lonely moor the figure disappear ed. He noted the time and the vision but nothing occurred to throw any light upon it.
 However, some years after be had taken the duty at a jail in another part of the country one of the prisoners ly- Ing under sentence desired to make q confession. After telling him of lot of crimes he said: 'I wor very near once taking your life. sir. 1t was in that bad year. and 1 heerd as how you went carrying money about in those lonesome dales. l hid behind the big powders of the brown moor. 1 saw you coming up and waited till yon should be near enough. but that night you were not alone"
 This Is a startling tale and the stronger because the vision or what ever 1t was was seen by two people. The anecdotc occurs in an article twen- ty years ago in Macmillan's Magazine by Lady Verney.
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ABANDONED INFANTS.
The "Bahy Post" Once Did Rushing
 Business In England.

There once@fourished in England a regular baby post the rates of post age being fixed on a strictly business
 The curious institution came into ex- istence in connection with the found ling hospital in Guildford street. When this charity was first established i was understood that its operations would be confined to London and its environs. But the people of the coun try towns and villages heard of 1t and showed decided disposition to share In it's advantages; hence the "baby post"
 All over the country there were men and women who entered vigorously into the business of carrying chil dren to London and depositing them at the gates of the founding hospital. The charge was guineas from distant localities like York and Monmouth, down to a guinea from places situated within thirty to fifty miles of the me tropolis. The unfortunate infants were borne on horseback in panniers. two to each pannier, or ill wagons lined with straw, for which the charge was some what less.
 Naturally abuses grew up in con nection with the traffic. But. even apart from them, the mortality among the posted" babies was terrible Thus. out of 14.934 received at the hospital in four years. only 4400 lived to be "apprenticed out" being q mortality Of more than 70 per cent.
 Eventually parliament passed q measure abolishing the practice, and the "baby post" ceased. d..-London An SWerS.
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TAKING VIEWS OF
 THE BUSINESS SECTION

Reynolds Kettering, the Little Rock photographer, yesterday arrived in the city and spent the day in taking panoramic views of the city One of the views was taken from the Marco Mills and covered the business sec ton from the Shriners' Temple to the river. Another view was taken from the Shriners' Temple and includes a direct view of Main street. These pictures are being made for the Cham Der of Commerce, and when developed they will be used for advertising pur- poses by that institution. Cuts will be made frop them and circulars will be sent out.
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MlsapprehendInq a Title

Ho was barefooted. his trousers were fringed at the bottom, his face was dirty his years eleven. He ap- preached the librarian with a conf. dent air:
 Got ShakespeareY"
 ''Yes. What volume would you like?"
 At this he looked puzzled, and the librarian took him to an alcove where she showed him row upon row of Shakespeare. AS he still looked pug z.ed st the number of volumes, the librarian took one down. "The Mer- chant Of Venice" and gave 1t to him. He looked it over critically.
 Nav, thSt ain't the one I want the one about pr. Jay killin MT. Hyds"-The Sunday Magazine.
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REALLY NOT SMITHS FAULT
Mrs. commuter Had Blamed Him on' duly, and Now She Wants tho Law Changed.

Even in town the commuters Wife had been subject to violent likes anG dislikes, but in the suburbs her preju' dice seemed intensified. Their neigh bor on the left was the object of her sincerest aversion. T think he Is the most selfish man l ever met" she said. Such a contrast to MT. Brown. op our right, who is the soul of neigh borly klndness.'
 "On what do you base your esh mate of their character" her hus- band asked.
 Fences" said sbe Just look at MT. Browns fence. He has kept all the ugly posts and crossboards on his own side and has presented the smooth finished surface to us. But you don't catch MT. Smith doing that No. indeed He looks out for num- Der one and keeps the nice side for himself, while we get all the rough patchwork"
 But that is not Smiths fence,' her husband argued. Tt Is ours'
 "Ours?" she echoed. How does that happen?'
 Tt happens through legal statute which provides that every man who wants his property fenced in must build part of the fence and keep the ragged edges on his own side. That Is the law"
 How perfectly ridiculous" she said. "If we continue to live in the country isn't there some way 1t can be changed?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
REAL ROOF GARDENS.
The Kind They Plant on Log Cabins
 In Rural Norway.

The log cabins of rural Norway are built of heavy pine logs hewed square and of equal size from end to end They are usually stained or oiled. and their rich yellowish or brawnish color Is In harmony with almost any sur roundings Their roofs are sodded, d circumstance that adds picturesqueness to the general effect.
 ''I have come aeross roofs that were a riot of wild pansies." says q writer In the Craftsman, and l have seen wonderful roofs where wild roses hung over the caves or Il daisy roof. lhe ef feet of whose white, sturlille flowers, topping the dark brown structure, was nxquisiteiy picturesque
 some roofs produce only pasture grass. and he story runs in Norwegian folk lore that q lazy man led his COW on the roof-the cabin was built against q hill-instead of taking her to the pas ture. have no doubt that the story Is true. for l have often seen Il couple of white kidlets gambOling on the soft green housetops while the mother goat. grave and ruminntive. was tethefed to the chimney
 .'Sod roofs are just as water tight as others If they are laid correctly. A board roof Is first laid upon q house, and this is covered with lnyer of birch bark. On top of this comes q fnyer of sod with the grass turned down to the roof. then q rather thick layer of earth and finally another layer Of sod this time with the grass np. The result Is most exquisite and poetlcal covering for the house"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
The Old Mania Hint.

Mother Cat II 80 D. m.l-What's the matter. John? You look disturbed
 Father Il thought I'd give that young man calling on our daughter a vigorous hint 1t was time to go. so walked right into the parlor and de liberately turned out the gas
 Mother-Oh. my. And did he get angry?
 Father-Angry? The young 1acka napes said Thank you." - Boston Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
Velocity of L-iqht.

The velocity of light as determined by Simon Neewomb Is 299,SG0 kilome ters. or lSG327 miles, per second re duced to vacuum or space specific speed. Time required for light to come sun, minutes 10 seconds; from near est star. 433 years: from Sirius, S.7 years. from Arcturus not less than 10 years, and from others vastly more remote. from 1000 to 5000 years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
Scientific Fact Established

A number of rabbits upon whom coffee was tried to determine the effect of the caffeine 1t contained died. prov Ing beyond a doubt that coffee never was intended as food for rabbits.- Louisville CourierJournal
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Tho May Ont.

A painstaking mother of two chil. 9ren was attempting to give them a Serious idea of her anxiety to mako them good. and to make plain to their minds the gravity of the task bef3re ner. overcome with the possibility pr ever attaining her n.others Ideal. hree-year-old Frances answered in ail earnestness: Don't try to make as good. mother; just shoot us."-Ey. erybody's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
NAMES OF INSECTS

Too numerous to mention here, but Ross Dead Quick" Spray will kill every one of them.
 No bedbugs, ants, fleas, reaches, mites, lice, potato bugs, or other in sects where it is properly used. Kills and keeps away mosquitoes. Nice and clean. Refuse substitutes. Sold in Pine Bluff by grocers and drug giStS.
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Washlncton's Wise Advice,

Being to advise or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought 70 be in public or in private, pres sentIy or at some other time, and in what terms to do 1t; and in reproving show nc signs of choler, but do 1t with sweet ness and mildness.--George Washing. fon
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Woman's Aue.

A lew years ago after a woman had passed thirty-five she was relegated 10 the fireside and she looked and felt old. She lived in her memory and aR the money that was spent for little iriiis and follies was given to her daughter; for mother, all was over. suddenly woman awakened to the fact that after thirty-fve she is at her pest, and that her beauty need not Iade unless she wishes it-Home LifA
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\ Good Investment,

There is not a better investment than a fifty cent piece in a bottle of Meritol White Liniment. Muscular and rheumatism pains, swelling, lame- ness and soreness of the muscles are promptly relieved. Meritol White Liniment is especially recommended as a general pain killer of unusual merit. w. l.. Dewoody & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
Schoolroou Hun,or,

The following Schoolboy 'howlers" come from New Zealand:
 Gross darkness is IA times darker than ordinary darkness '
 "Marconi is the stuff you use to make delicious puddngS."
 ''Charon was a man who fried soes over the sticks"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
unhurt by Long Fa". ;

A fall from a seconu's.o'' aN N of her house in Philadelpnia ~. s \ more than Jar aD aged iao, .. as day. When memb-rs ol '' .,.t reached her side they founo .4 n had sustained only 8 few plu .sss doctor said no bones were pio that she would be about as ..cu day or so. She was leaning M bathroom window when sn.
 balance and fe1l to the yar~
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A Mere EanateIle.

Gabe-l see where walter Tn St Louis has purchased q hotel out of the tips he received in five years. Steve What did he do with the rest of the money ?-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
Instinct.

Without any previous training Il chile will chew the end of the first lead peii- cil it attempts to write with.-Atc tchi, scn Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
Consider We'll This Advice.

No woman suffering from any form of female troubles should lose hope un- til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound a fair trial.
 This famous remedy, the medicinal in- gredients of which are derived from native roots and herbs, has for nearly forty years proved to be most valua- ble tonic and invigorator of the fe- male organism. Women everywhere bear willing testimony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound.
 If you want special advice write to Lydia F. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfi- dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by q woman and held in strict confidence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
Necessary knoWIed edqe.

''Why are you learning irench?'
 "Why? Because I've just got dog from France. and the silly beast cant understand word of English. Lion don Tit Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18
Made Over,

He is self made man, isn't he?" "He was"
 "Then he is.''
 "No, the woman he married didn't like the result he had accomplished. and she has made him over. ."-Hous fon PnSt
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WOMAN TOOK
 ERIEND'S ADVICE
And Found Health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Compound.
Windom, Kansas. -" had displace- ment which caused bladder trouble and

l was so miserable l didn't know wha 1 to do. l sufere} from bearing dow. pains, my eyes huI me, l was nervous dizzy and irTeg,ula and h d f c m 8 l weakness. l spc money on doctt but got worse the time.
 "A friend told IT.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18

about the Pinkham remedies and 1 to, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Col. pound and was cured. 1 cannot prG. your remedies enough for know neve. would have been well if l had not take: it. "- Miss MARY A. HoRNER, Route No. 2, Box Il, Windom, Kansas.
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Ev. eor +be Main Chance.

Sam-Will you keep our engagement secret for the present? I.ulu-All right But where's the present !-Lon- don Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18

purpose: not the power to achieve. but the will to Iabor.- Bulwer, Lytton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-18

Tell man that he is brave and you help him to become so.-Carlyle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11
A SIDESWIPE AT MERE MAN
The Female Feather Is Defended by
Comparison with Male Cussedness.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While riding In a packed car this
morning ! read your editorial. The SIDE
swiping Feather saying: Because she
ls woman she goes her way
tickling and eye poking and temper de-
stroying. without ever getting so much as
a harsh vord-to say nothing OF b'ack
eye or a kick I'm the shins.'
Since the time OF Adam II has been con-
sldered manly for us 10 ridicule our moth
crs. sisters, wives and daughters for even
so small a crime as wearing a "sdesWip-
inc feather" but men may sit sprawiins.
with knees wide apart. feet in the aisle or
legs crossed and shoes "sldeswiplnS
women's dresses as they stand or pass
They may wear" "sideswiping" breaths,
"a mixture Of whiskey. beer and tobacco.
In cars so packed and without Ventilation
that every one has TO breathe air that mas
rossed many times through the lungs OF
others. And men are TO blame for these
conditions. Yet never black eye nor
kicked shin" nor even an editorial In Inc
Tribune.
II men provided decent conditions for
women 10 ride In there would be no excuse
for men getting so near 90 them as TO get
"tlckled" with "sideswipinS feathers.
But women and girls are packed In with
men and bows. twice every day, TIL they
would be justified in wearing many hat
pins two feet long and barbed wire wraps.
GEORGE NJ. BEERBOWER
New York. Dec. 5, 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11
The GIvnn Workmen's Compensation Bill

Taking a long distance view. Governor flynn 10
undoubtedly right in saying that his workmen
CONDENSATION bill is the big thing of the legislative
session An effective compensation law VIII be
more important and vital thing to greater num-
her of people than changes in the primary ana
election system Necessary and important as they
are they do not come home so closely to the lnd
yidual II is all the more necessary, therefore, 10
have the compensation bill as good as it can be-
made.
The Gynn bill is not baG Dill; II is lhdeeu'
good bill In many respects it Is more radical than
any law now on the books of other states Yet II
is incomplete: il contains several features whlch
seem unnecessarily crude. notably the ooseness re-
cardinc COMPENSATION TO physicians for attendance
These may be small things. They serve to empha
size what The Tribune has pointed ont-the 1mpos
sibility Of getting bill carefully drafted and rea-
sonaby perfect in detail in the short time the Ho'
ernor and his advisers have given To this one.
Moreover as it will not take effect until july l.
and no practical trial of it can he had until after
that date The Tribune is forced TO say again that
it would be only good sense to take more time 10
perfecting the measure rather than TO pass IT,
amend it, perhaps a month or two from now ana
then patch up the law in many ways when it has
hoo Oh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11
The Peace Prize for Senator Root.

The second award of the Nobel Peace Prize TO
n citizen of the United States. and Of New York,
commands the same grounds Of merit the same
cordial approval that greeted the first 1t will also
give rise to the same grateful comment that was then
made upon the demonstrated compatibility between
intense and aggressive patriotism the one hand
and on the other sincere and efficient devotion to
the cause of international peace.
Like Colonel Roosevelt before him, Mr.. Root has
consistently been what we might term a militant
peacemaker. OF the extent, variety and value Of
his services to the cause of peace there can be
question. His record of things done, at home and
abroad. in the New World and in the Old speaks
for itself But through it all he has never been a
trucker to foreign influence He has never sought
to dwarf cripple the army and navy. He has
never mistaken pusanimity for peacefulness His
irenc ideal has been the true one that Of the strong
man armed.
1t is interesting and gratifying to observe too,
that both Of the American recipients Of the Peace
Prize performed their irenc services while holding
great executive offices Of government in which they
practically controlled the issues Of peace and war;
and that they the only men Of such rank in
the whole list No other head of state and no
other foreign minister of a great nation has ever
received this prize, which has gone in all other
cases to those who have distinguished themselves
as jurists, writers and speakers, or at most as
parliamentary advocates Of peace.
Three times the prize has gone TO Switzerland,
three times 10 France twice each to Austria Bel
GUM and America and once each to Great Britain,
Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Holland the Institute of
international Law, and the International Perma-
nent Peace Bureau. The two Americans who re-
spectivey as President and Secretary of State,
won places on this roll of honor are the peers OF
all the rest in the magnitude OF their works for
peace while they stand apart in peculiar distinction
on the ground of the unique character Of those SER
vices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11
RING! RING FOR LIBERTY"
Some History Is Corrected and Ex-
planned.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In a description OF the painting
Ring Ring for Liberty :" in last Sundays
Tribune IL is stated that on July 4, lII6.
I'm the Continental Congress ''the senti-
ment that swayed the hearts OF all found
vigorous expression In the cry OF one tall,
slender man: Sign. II the next moment
the gibbet's rope is round your neck
Sign, II the next moment this hall rings
with the echo OF the falling axe, Sign,
by all your hope In life or death az
husbands, as fathers, as men! Sign
your names To that parchment that de-
clares our independence This is purely
imagination; no such remarks were made
by anybody at that time. and nobody
signed the parchment that declared indie
pendence" until long afterward One OF
the singular things is the persistent belief
that the Declaration was Signed" on
July 4 an official statement OF the action
taken was signed by Hancock, the presl-
dent, and Thomson. the secretary. and
communicated TO the public. Congress
then ordered copy of the Declaration TO
be made on parchment, and that work
was completed month later when some
OF those present signed it, and IL was
signed subsequently. and at odd times
through several years. by the remaining
members. This is tho Declaration that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11
BIGGER Paw for New Patrolmen.

The announcement that the first and second year
patrolmen will hereafter receive $1,000 year salary
will be a welcome one to them 1t should he equally
acceptable TO the public that Mayor Kline mas
signed the ordinance thus increasing their salaries.
The man who dons the city's uniform is supposed TO
be man above his fellows in physical and mental
condition. Yet the city has been hiring him for
less wages than an ordinary brcklayer gets. for
working fewer hours under less trying conditions;
aud in addition the city has been penalizng him
about $500 for uniforms and equipment.
ON the revised schedule the salary will not permit
any great luxury OF living for the patrolmen and
their families 1t will. however, raise their income
to point where there should not be possible press
ure of debt such as competent investigators hold
has driven many new policemen to become grafters.
Though slow moving. the city is not inclined to be
nggardly employer. But it should be a careful
one This increase is based on honest and efficient
service The authorities should to 1t that the
men give it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11
A Puck for the Masses ?
been tried

IL is brisk news that "Puck"-an ancient institu-
ton as such institutions go in Americas trem-
bling on tbe brink of socialism That happy band
of Il should worry radicals who have made 'Ihe
Masses" the gay arrogant weekly that it is Will be
worth watching if they succeed in capturing PUCK
Who will protest? A few backward looking citi-
zens naturally. For the rest Of the world. let the
gayety of nations be served The really humorous
weekly has been dying a slow death in America.
Perhaps these socialist rapscaons will bring 1t TO
life.
In any event the more hot words the better. Ii Is
only repressed emotions that touch off bombs and
end nations. And goodness knows there Is nothing
repressed about The Masses,