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The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-13
FOR SH 9IfF.

FOR sHE.IFF. The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized to announce CHAS. o. PAYNE of Cadron town- ship as candidate for Sheriff and Collector of Faulkner county, subject to the action of the Democratic party.
 The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized to announce OSCAR L. HONEA of Cadron town ship as a candidate for Sheriff and Collector of Faulkner county, subject to the action of the Democratic party.
 The Log Cabin Democrat IS authorized to announce WAvERLY W. BISHOP of Cadron township a candidate for Sheriff and Col- lector of Faulkner county. subject to the ac- kicn of the Democratic party.
 The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized tc announce RUFUS HAYDON of Benedict township as candidate for Sheriff of Fanik- her county. subject to the action of the Dem- ocratic party.
 FOR REPREsESrkTIvE.
 The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized to announce C. E. coNDRAY of Cadron town: chip candidate for Representative of Faulkner county. subject ta the action of the Democratic party.
 The Loz Cabin Democrat Is authorized to announce GEORGE Nj. CORNELL of New ion township as a candidate for . second term as Representative of Faulkner county subject to the action of the Democratic party.
 FOB TskAsUREg- The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized to announce E. V. JOHNSTON of Eagle town ship . candidate for Treasurer of Faulk- ner county. subject to the action of the Dem ocratie party.
 announce J. R. GIDDENS of Eagle township as . candidate for Treasurer of Faulkner county. subject to the action of the DeDo- cratic party.
 The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized to announce JOHN LINDSEY of East Fork township as \ candidate for T1asurer of Faulkner county. subject to the action of the i Demoe ratio party.
 1 The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized to announce R. c. CAMPBELL of Newton l township as . candidate for Treasurer oi Faulkner county. subject to the action Of the Democratic party.
 The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized tc announce CLEVELAND R. BERRY of Cad ron township as candidate for Treasurer o1 Faulkner county. subject to the action o' tk1 Democratic party.
 The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized tt announce W J. SNOW of Cadron township as a candidate for Treasurer of Faulknei county. subject to the action of the Democrats party. The Log Cabin Democrat Is authorized t< announce D. O. HARTON, JR.. of Cadros | township as a candidate for Treasurer a. | Eaulkper County suhiert n he action nt
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18

Prenatal Care" is the title Of mono
graph issued by the children's bureau OF
the Department of Labor. 1t Is the frst
Of a series of bulletins to be issued by
the bureau on the care Of children. The
reasons for its publication are set forth
by Miss Julia c. Lathrop. chief Of the
bureau, in her letter transmitting the
monograph to Secretary Wilson.
The letter says:
A preliminary survey of the field pre-
scribed by law for the bureaus investi-
cations showed at once the urgency or
the question OF infant mortality. The
United States Census Bureau estimates
that 10000 babies less than one year old
died last year In this country, and II Is
authoritatively stated that at least half
these deaths were needless. Accordingly,
the bureaus first field inquiry is upon
the subject of infant mortality. The
studies preliminary thereto have induced
us to begin our series on the care OF
children with this monograph on prenatal
care, for considerations Of which the fol-
lowing statement is significant:
High Infant Mortality.
The latest reports OF the Bureau OF
the Census on mortality statistics snow
that slightly more than 42 per cent OF
the infants dying under one year of age
in the registration area in 1911 did not
live to complete the first month Of life.
and that OF this a per cent almost seven
tenths died as result of conditions
existing before they were born or OF in
jury and accident at birth. OF those that
lived less than one week about 50 per
cent died of such causes, and OF the
number that lived less than one day ~
per cent died of these causes.
Thus the children's bureau was drawn
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
The Inland Waterways Report.

1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
report and recommendation OF the
chief of the Army Engineer Corps per-
tanning TO a link in the chain OF in
land waterways will impress Congress.
II deals with the canal connecting the
Delaware and Chesapeake BAYS and of
another across New Jersey. for which
an appropriation OF S3oyooo,ooo is
asked
Commercially the project OF inland
water routes along the Atlantic Coast
csn only be OF benefit to shipping and
c"s>twi>e trade The engineers sug-
gest that the Delaware and Chesa-
peake Canal be made a tidewater pas
sage, while that across New Jersey be
a lock canal. both to be twelve feet
deep. and constructed with a view to
enlargement to twenty-five feet. As
Congress already has appropriated
funds for the acquisition of the Alber-
marie Canal. connecting Norfolk with
the Carolina Sounds, the purchase OF
she two canals mentioned above is the
next logical move
For local traffic a depth of twelve
feet is sufficient 1t is also enough for
torpedo boats and other naval craft
the transportation OF which through
the inland canals might be desired
without exposing them to the dangers
OF an ocean voyage.
Such a canal would serve an i'm
portant purpose. argues contempo-
rary of Philadelphia, even if the traffic
OF the new water routes should fall
below the estimates OF their enthusias-
tic supporters. Philadelphia would be-
come a great outlet for such canal
trade and quite naturally is greatly
interested in freight rates. The most
effective regulation of railroad rates is
water competition.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
REGIMENTAL C0LORS.


From London Tit Bits.
There is nothing in the British army
around which so much sentiment and
romance linger as the regimental COL
ors. In the old days they were taken
into battle, and historians have told
many a thrilling story of hand-to-hand
fights when the safety Of the colors OF
the regiment has been threatened. To-
day, however, when a regiment goes to
war its colors are left behind. II was
the death of couple of young officers
of the South Wales Borderers who Were
killed while endeavoring to prevent the
colors of which they had charge from
falling into the hands of the enemy at
the battle of 1sandhlwana. which led to
this rule being enforced in 1881.
Two colors. known as the "kings
and the "regimentar' are allowed TO
every infantry battalion. They are
made of silk, with gold-fringed edges
and cords and tassels of crimson and
gold. mounted on a stan eight feet sew
en- inches long. The Kings colors. al
ways of the same pattern, shows the
Union Jack on a new ground. while the
'regimentar' has a wreath of roses,
shamrocks. and thistles with the regi-
ments motto and crest surrounded by
a list of the various battles in which
it has taken part, saws the Evening
Standard.
All colors used in the army are in the
first instance supplied by the army
clothing factory at Pimlico, and before
being issued a special religious service is
held upon them. When a regiment is
presented with new coiors. which hap
pens about once in twenty years-al-
though the guards regiment. which use
their colors more often than do other
regiments, are given fresh sets every
ten years-the old ones are usually de-
posted in the Cathedral or parish church
of the territorial headquarters.
In the old days no one seemed to
trouble much what became of the co!ors.
with the result that they often found
their way into auction rooms and pawn
shops. The state. however. now insists
on the OLD colors of any regiment re-
naming their property. and on no ac-
count must they be sold or given to
private person.
The colors are always escorted by nom
commissioned officers. termed color SER
geants There are eight of these non
CONS" in a battalion, and badge of
rank they wear two crossed flags EN-
broidered on the right arm, and have
precedence over all other sergeants in
companV.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
DURABLE RAILWAY TIES.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

frofn the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Much has been published uno, TIE
durability of railway ties treated bv vs-i-
Gus preservative processes, but there is
little available information Concerning
ties treated by different processes and
iaid IN one track. where the treatments
could be compared In order to gather
data for such a comparison, the Forest
Service of the Department Of Agricul-
ture. through the forest products labora-
tory. in cooperation with the University
OF Wisconsin and the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway COMPANY.
has completed the first stage Of an ex-
tensive experiment. the purpose and
scope of which are given to the public
by Secretary houston in Bulletin l2s. of
the Forest Service, recently issued The
ties used in the experiment were ordinary
stock of the cooperating railroad, and
100 OF each of the two species. red oak
and hard maple. Were treated by each
Of six processes, selected so as to in
clude at least one from each general
type of pressure processes in common
use. Thus, there were treated for the
experiment so red oak and 500 hard
maple ties. and 100 untreated ties of each
species were laid. The history of each
tie up to the time of laying is recorded.
the preservative processes described, the
ih VI any ldNifS gwen IN
detail, and everything needful for COM
parison of results of future inspection
carefully worked out.
In selecting a location for the test
track the effort was to secure normal
conditions Of site and traffic. The loca-
ton is on a sing!e-track road which car
ries a fairly heavy traffic in Doth direc-
tons The track at the point where the
ties are laid is gravel ballasted. we'll
drained. straight, and practically level.
Nearly all the treated ties are placed on
a fill. but few included in the test were
laid in cut.
Screw spikes with fat tieplates were
U-ef on 80 per cent OF the ties. and the
remaining 80 per cent unprotected by
tieplates, were fastened to ordinary cut
spikes. An extension to the original ex-
pertinent included red oak and chestnut
ties treated by a commercial plant and
a few spruce ties contributed by another
firm were used. In order to avoid dis
turbing the track in the future new
rails were laid at the time the ties were
placed and new fastenings were used
throughout
1t is thought that series Of observa-
tons and inspections covering several
years will yield valuable information
relative to the preservation Of timber
and its behavior in actual use. The bull
letin is illustrated with reproductions OF
drawings and photographs of apparatus
and material, and all details as to ties
are given in tabular form.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18

Job was a prominent citizen OF early
times who had lived a blameless life and
by industry accumulated large family
and much property.
This naturally made Job very well
satisfied with life and he was deeply
pious and praised the administration
with such JUNCTION that Satan asked per-
mission to smite him with few assorted
misfortunes in order to change his tune
This was done, and after Job had lost
his property and his children he became
afflicted with boils in such numbers that
it strained his credit to buy faxseed.
It was now in order for Job to curse
the government and point with indigna-
ton to the reformers, who had wrecked
the nation in their mad career. But he
did not do this. He poured ashes on his
head and continued to remain an un-
swerving adherent of the administration.
He was then visited by four friends who
tried to comfort him by telling him
that II was his own fault that he looked
worse than he felt and that the worss
was vet to come. Job was a patient man.
but this was too much! He elected his
and enjoyed his troubles In
peace until Satan gave up. His pros
perity was then restored and he lived
140 happy and boilless years.
The story Of Job should be q great
lesson to those thoughtless people who
sail happily along bonding windstorms
and waterfalls until hard times come and
who then yell with exceeding great vto-
lence and desire that all rsformers should
be boiled in oil. 1t should also be an
inspiration to all those afflicted with
sickness and mournful friends to rise aud
smite the latter with stethoscopes and
hot water bottles until they depart in
great fear.
Job won enduring fame because Of his
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
The knights Templar.

The city OF Denver did itself proud
last week in the lavish hospitality Of
tered the knights Templar during their
thirty-second conclave.
This powerful offspring of Masonry
is not only one of our most highly
esteemed fraternal social organizations
but it has been a binding force in
our national life. North and South.
East and West, alike are glad to
throw open their gates to the pilgrim
knights and their families and to
further the all-cementing influences
created by the brotherhood OF man and
foStered in all corners of Our land.
1t is well-known fact that the
Knights Templar since the inception OF
their order have been representative OF
our best citizenship everywhere, and
have diffused effectively the fraternal-
ism which this country has stood in
need of, especially since the close OF
the civil war
The Herald gladly bears witness to
the individual worth of the members,
and to the true patriotism OF the or
der
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
COUNTING THE STARS.
with Best Optical Aids a Hundred
Million VIII Be brought to View.

We think Of the multitudes of the
stars. and would in all probability boldly
say that on a clear, frosty. moon
less night We see millions of them. In
reality. on such a night, IL We leave out
the family luminous milky way, We see
less than 5000 distinct stars. says Har-
pers Weekly. In the whole starry
sphere, of which we see only a score of
frst-magnitude stars, beginning with
Sirius, the brightest Of them, and in
cluding stars like Orion's right shoul-
der and left knee, Betelgeux and Risel,
Vega and Arcturus. OF stars Of the
second magnitude. like six or seven
stars in the dipper. there are in all
sixty-fve. OF stars OF the third magni-
tude. like the remaining star of the dip
per. where the handle joins the bowl.
there are 80. OF stars of the fourth
magnitude. under 500; OF the fifth. just
over 1000. and of the sixth, the extreme
limit visible TO the naked eye on the
best nights, something over 5000. making
in all less than 5000 visible at any time
to the naked eye, while only half. or
about 2.510 can be seen at one time.
But even an opera glass shows a great
many more, and larger and larger tele-
scopes disclose more and more. Yet they
seem limited in number. at least IL 1t be
true that the Hght-carrying ether DIES
not absorb and extinguish the light of
the most remote. For IL they were really
infinite in number and their light came
to US unimpeded, the night sky would
be uniformly luminous, which il Is not
So that a small telescope which shows
stars down to the ninth magnitude will
add about 10000 stars to those visible
to the unaided eye, while the largest
telescopes will show stars down to about
the sixteenth magnitude. Argelander's
star chart includes between 30000o and
10000 stars. counted and plotted by
hand. while the modern Photographic
survey, in which the stars are made to
map themselves. goes up to the high
figure of 15,0O0.00o 1t is computed that
the best optical means which human
genius can devise may show 100000
stars. II this be, as is supposed. close
to the total of existing stars, and If
We remember that the population of
the earth is computed to be 1.50o. .00O. 900.
then 1t follows that there Is only a star
for each fifteen people, or, say, a star
for each three families-by no means
such a vast number as most people sup
pose. But, as said, this is true only il
the ether does not extinguish any of
the light, and so does not hide the most
distant stars by absorbing their lumi-
nous messages.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
|CHILDREN'S BUREAU PUBLISHES
I monograph ON PRENATAL CARE
Work |. Addressed to Mothers in Effort to Check High In
FAINT Mortality Statement Requested by the
National Congress Of Mothers.

, Inevitably to begin its contemplated Sc
ries OF monographs on the care OF chill
dren by a statement regarding prenatal
care for mother and child.
The preparation of such a statement
has been requested by the National Con-
sress of Mothers and by members Of
other representative bodies Of women. 1t
has been written by Mrs. Max West. OF
the stan of the bureau. from the stand
point Of a woman who has university
training. experience in. government re-
search. and who is herself the mother
of family Of young children.
Careful Study Given.
It has been prepared after careful
study of the literature of the subject.
1t has been read and criticised by a
large number of well-known physicians
and nurses, and by many mothers. To
mention by name all those to whom the
bureau is indebted for valuable aid in
its preparation would be impossible. but
especial appreciation may be expressed
of the generous assistance Of DR.. J.
Morris Slemons, professor Of obstetrics
and gyaecology in the University Of Cali
fornia.
This monograph is addressed to the
average mother of this country. There
is no purpose TO invade the field Of the
medical or nursing professions, but
rather to furnish such statements re-
garding hygiene and normal living as
every mother has a right to possess in
the interest OF herself and her children.
standard of life for the family high
enough to permit a woman to conserve
her strength for her family. IL she knows
the facts essential for her guidance, Is
necessarily taken for granted. The at
tempt is made here to present some OF
the most important OF these facts.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
Roasting the Umpire.

OF a certainty an umpire has few
friends. He is a lonely man while
travelling. knows not the day nor the
hour that he will be badly manned.
and goes to his couch each night nurs-
ing much more than the average abuse
accorded TO one in any other vocation,
even under aggravating circumstances.
There are many gentlemen and even
ladies to whom the great national
game offers an afternoons entertain
ment with the accompanying advantage
of being in the great all outdoors
They are either prevented from en-
joying this double advantage, or are
compelled TO go less frequently be-
cause of the batting of the umpire by
that small majority of home fans who
demand a victory six days in the
week, by fair means or foul. and who
make the two hours or more of play
time. perfect pandemonium with their
shrieks and imprecations on every close
decision, frequently without just rea-
son.
The ball player who encourages such
action on the part of the fans, who
infames them by his own senseless
roasting, is but a part of the MOB.
And umpire batting is so senseless.
1t works no good, it does not aid in
the game-it positively hurts.
Perhaps worse than umpire roasting
is the habit of a very few fans who
yell and jeer at this or that player,
making alleged witticisms on the play
er's name.
Of course, baseball is red-blooded
mans game, but there is no reason
Why Il should not be played with good
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
Court Gossip Of Interesting
Epents on TwO Continents

ings? Maitre Bernard marshaIled forth
the evidences of the whole nsishborhood
to sustain his plea OF undue influence.
On the other side. NJ. Rouusset ARMED
that. under modern French law, even
undue influence does not void 4 VIII.
unless it is accompanied by fraud. The
old French law set aside any testament
contrary to the affection a testator was
expected TO feel for relatives. The revo-
luton made an end Of that theory. The
revolutionists had something In com.
mon with present-day anarchists. To
them all private inheritance Of wealth
was immoral and q citizens fortune, at
his death, ought go to the nation.
The present French Jurisprudence, which
leaves q testament in full force even
when there has been Influence at worh
as long as no fraud Is proved, has been
established by rulings Of the Court de
Cessation.
The nephews Of the Marquise d'Aves-
sens believed that they had done their
duty toward their old aunt when they
paid her a visit of a couple of hours at
New Years and had written her a short
letter or two during the year.
The lawyer denied that the affection of
two friends had known each other inti-
mately fifty years. But even IL it were.
what would that matter? II you are
sure you are loved. Is II not the same
thing. as far as your happiness Is con-
cerned. as IL you were really loved?
CThis was the subject OF N. Clemen-
eeaus Chinese play. the .voiIe du bon
heurD
Mile. dAvessens was eccentric. She
Always dressed like a man. never In.
closing her domain, which contained
pheasant preserves; never suffering an
architect to come near her chateau to
repair IL Her furniture is worth mil
mons II being OF Louis XIV workman
snip ana continuing family portraits by
La Tour One Of them is of her great
grandmother, de Latouche Treeville, play.
ing on harpsichord. As she does so
she turns around toward an unseen lis
tener to say something though there Is
gayety delicately expressed in her look
upward. This lady OF the eighteenth
century had relations with Martinioue
including an acquaintance with the Baron
des Nergers on the maternal side. 1t
was from Nine. des Vergers that To-
sephine learned English well enough to
translate letters that had fallen into the
hands of Fouche, Savary, or other Nano-
leonic police chiefs FL.NrUp
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
Matrimony and Longevity.

The New York State Department
Of Health, through a Cornell proies-
sor has made some Investigations rela-
tive to the mortality rates of married
and unmarried men, with the result
that it has been established that bene-
diets live longer than bachelors.
The compiler of the statistics comes
to the conclusion that the lower NOR
tality rate of married men is due TO
the supervision of their food, lodg-
ings, hours, and habits by their wives
and to greater incentive for self-re-
straint and care of health than the
bachelor.
All this may be conceded But the
figures submitted show that the NOR
tality rate of widowers and divorced
men is greater than that of the mar
ried men or of the bachelors. Also
the death rate of single men at sew
enty is greater than that of the mar
ried men of that age. This would
lead to the conclusion that divorce is
a peril to health and life. which is a
new angle from which TO view the
divorce problem. Furthermore, the
contention OF relatives that marriages
on the part of a septuaeenarian is
unwise is wrong. Rather the reverse.
The statistics prove that early mar
riage is desirable for the young man.
thus upsetting some elaborate econom-
ical and social theories about the ex-
perience and financial resources nee
essary to, a successful married life.
But, above all. it proves what num-
berless arguments can be culled from
a few figures.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
SeeiL Uplift Of Store Glib.

The National Civic Federation is
optimistic in its report, gathered by
competent probers, as to conditions
found in number of New York re-;
tail stores. There are more than half
a million salesgirls in that city. The
wage scale; says the report, is low, but
still it is higher than that paid in
factories, while in the larger metropoli-
tan establishments it is nearer what is
considered a Living wage" than in
the small shops.
We are told that employers are try
ing to improve labor conditions with
out any pressure, also that there are
"uplift adjuncts" at work in the man,
moth stores, of which the general
public is not aware.
The commission, after a thorough
investigation, comes to the following
conclusions:
I. If an employer cannot afford to
pay higher wages unless he transacts
UuSliNss Win losS, dt plCScHl piNc>,
the cost 10 consumers should be in
creased.
?. The Investigators discredit the
report of informers who claim that
there is a relation between small wages
and the social evil
3. Nearness 10 ideal conditions often
er exists in large stores than in small
establishments.
All of which should be very en-
couraging to those interested in the
welfare of the vast army of shop
girls, especially after the disclosures"
of the Chicago Vice Commission and
of the Rockefeller investigators in
New York.