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GRAY HAIRED FOLKS
ATTENTION!
Gray Hair Darkened Evenly-NO
Greasy Drugs-H

No matter how many other things
have failed to restore color to your
gray hair, no matter what your age or
what caused your grayness. GO Ban
enables you to darken your hair to
original color, vigor and charm. If
hair is streaked with gray, white
faded or all gray, on retiring apply
Q-Ban to hair and scalp like a sham
poo. Let hair fall free and dry over
night. 1t darkens the hair beautiful
ly, evenly, naturally and produces
that soft luster and appearance OF
abundance which makes the hair SO
fascinating and attractive, besides
prevents dandruff, itching scalp and
falling hair. Q-Ban is not sticky OF
mussy-delightful to use. Cannot in1
jure or stain the most delicate scalI
or hair. If you care for dark, thick
soft hair, free from grayness, make
personal trial Of Q-Ban. It will
please, delight and surprise you will
satisfactory results to your hair. /
large 7-ounce bottle sold and guaranf
teed for only so cents by w. l.. DID
woody y Co., Pine Bluff, Ark. Out
of-town people supplied by mail.
Advertisement. b
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
FILLED FOR RECORD.
The Following Instruments Were
Filed For Record Yesterday

WARRANTY DEED
c. V. Kimball, ct at to ]. B. Obard
Lot 10, Blk. 20, Highlands Heights
$49.5O.
!. W. Monk, to Adolphus Sims
Blk. rs, Hammett's SD, $1,2s5.oo.
Gertrude D. knight. to John H
Hayes, Lots IA to Is, Blk 9, Knight
Land Cos. Addition, $4,000.
Gertrude D. knight to James A
Hayes, Lot 4, Blk. g., knights Land
Co.'S Addition $4,000
Smart & Hudson, to J. H. Hayes
Lot 10, Blk. II. College Heights Ad-
dition, $4,000.
Enoch Stewart, to Gabe Harris
E1-2 SW1-4 NE1-4 SW1-4 Sec. 1876.
10, $125.OO.
Richard L. Taylor, to Mrs. Anna K
White, E1-2 WIZ Lot i, Blk 2
41eisreiters, $4,000.
A Solomon Banks, to Chas. Haycock
FL Lot 4, Blk Z, Geisreiter's, $3.50
RELEASE DEED
Il j. ID. 'Boyce, to G. j. Wildly, E 1-2
lot 2, Blk 4, Doris East.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
M'GRAW KNOCKED
OUT BY P. NEWMAN
Giants Manager Takes the
Count When Hit BY Hous-
ton Club Captain.

Beaumont, Texas, March 81
Manager McGraw,, of the New York
Giants and Pat Newman, captain OF
the Houston, Texas league club, came
to blows today just after the visitors
had finished their workout for the
afternoon game. Accounts of the
affair differ, but majority of the
witnesses agree that Newman struck
the New York manager suddenly and
without warning as the latter was
passing through the grandstand to
the field behind his men.
The blow rendered McGraw uncon-
scious for several minutes. Arthur
Fletcher, who was nearest his chief,
knocked Newman back
wand over seat. No further blows
were struck, but feeling between the
two clubs was aroused to such pitch
that only a spark was needed to
start a free-for-all fight.
Newman is being freely denounced
for his action and it is predicted the
affair may end his baseball career.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
! !: ii iji i:'|%9EEna1SissG Of

- 1Gfed. Few Doses and
\. v A1hes and Pains.
6CRIPTION C2223.
teht Joy and Gladness to
Thousands.
oses of Prescription C2223
all that is ever needed to
most circulating pains.
ok and sure relief for Scia-
|ago, Gout, Backache and all
rheumatism, acts Immediate
pure, clean, healthy blood
Is the kidneys to filter out
tcid poison. Then the rheu-
|sappears. Prescription C222S
for it's cures to stay cured.
les, SOC and 81. Dollar bot
(ns three time sas much a.
: all druggists in Pine Bluff
wn people write to Plough
Co., Memphis, Tenn, giving
your local druggist. Medicine
paid. =
n Pine Bluff by DR.. Mccain
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
THRUST LAW NO GOOD.

Iss., March. 81 II. y <cp,- 50 -
CaL'e ls"cy nave never Illed 1t. tt
the teacher.
The girl glanced at them colby
and beginning to hum "Too Mucn
Mustard" reached under the seat, dnd
running her hand along finally found
what she sought, and as sll, put the
wad of Spearment in her month,
picked up her tear blOtted and dog
cared volume; and as the sad class
mates filed out, she flung as paw
ing dagger: "Gwan yer scrubs with
yer April fool3n DOM know
Alphonse went ter town ter get two
seats fer the Stock Company? Beat
it, don't you think | know it's april
Fools Day."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
TEXARKANA BURGLARS BUSY.

Texarkana, Ark, March 31.-About
half dozen burglaries were reported
to the police on the Texas. side Of
town. The residence ofsM. C.1,.MNade,
III Olive street :; q s. Drane. "a Olive
street: L. L. Arnold. 3315 West Sixth,
werea among the places entered. The
club house was also raided
and a number OF sweaters, shirts and
other articles taken.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
BARS RATE BOOST.

Washington, March 31.-The I'M
state commerce commission held y
terday that proposed increases ra
ing from one-half cent to one and
quarter cents hundred pounds
lumber from points in Alabama
Georgia on shingles from Geoj
points to Chattanooga, Tenn, w
be unreasonable Present rates
ordered continued.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
Plain Truth That's Worth MOney

Plain Truth That's Worth Money.
1 Using Foleys Honey and Tar for a
sough or cold may save you both
aickness and money. F. F. Monahan,
S1enomonie, Wis, says: II am ex-
eosed to all kinds Of weather and l
ind Foley's Honsy and Tar Com
bound always fixes me up in good
shape when I catch cold or have a
bad cough. recommend 1T gladly"
Refuse substitutes. Seawell's Phar-
macy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
Best Family Laxative,

Beware of constipation. Use DR..
ling 8 sNAw Life Pills and keep we'll.
IRIS. Charles E. Smith, of West
rankin, Me-, calls them "Our fam
ly laxative" Nothing betters for
dults or aged. Get them today, Csc.
III Druggists or by mail.
1. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelhia or
s.. Louis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01


Alphonse Adolphus Lusn 'nabron, tn
sweat standing in large goRules on
aristocratic brow, and diversified of
the superfluity of coat and vest, was
trying patiently to drive hif thumb
through a Pine board while al squlrm-
ing nail laughed and jerreH at Ills
painful efforts.
After several minutes of fulfil a
tempts to arrange compromise win
the nail he threw down his |knocker
and seated himself i'll the corner
where covertly, and with many a
furtive glance at his go mpanio1
workers, he drew from the wa.cn
pocket of his glove fitting trousers,
little dark brown lump WHICH he
tucked in the capacious recesses CT
his mouth, and leaning back munch-
ed on, his delicious quid in, silent
contentment.
His gastronomc recreations were
rudely interrupted by the teacher
who, quite without provocatlon,
though poor Alponse, pounc& upon
the lad and with jolt caused him t."
swallow his chewing tobaccoi imbed-
ded the blade of hatchetln his
dome.
With startled look on his fatures
Alhponse arose to his feet, AID then
realizing the cause of his irprlse,
calmly reached up and remde pa the
Ratchet and settled back, mflWhiie
beginning certain effort fer he re-
covery of his swallowed GU Ills
efforts we're attended with Buccess
and he was again lost the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
PIJ .tiEnI GINNING.

T. Lite Rock, March 31.-The last
gnners' report for Pulaski county,
SHOWS total of 24,351 bales of the
lp13 crop ginned up to March 20,
Is compared with 18,087 bales TO the
date of 1912.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
steady; middling, 10 lie.

memphis Cotton Seed Oil Products.
memphis, March 31.-Cotton seed
lol proudcts, prime basis oil, $40;
meal, 26.o027.00; linters, 2 LAOS Csc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01

in II tuies efseasyG
1904 W. sth' flve telegraph offy'
water .....'..-. .!.ka;ass:Io combined force
17gs W. 10Th; 4 rooms goot( " ~
fnewly papered and painted; two
e4ots; fenced ..... $1,000
1909 West 5th., six rooms, lights, gas,
bath; in the very best of repair:
good outbuildings .....................s35. 90
W 1-2 302 W. 9Th; 9 rooms, close in;
lights, gas, bath ................. $3.50
903 w. 18th; IS rooms, lights, gas,
bath, two lots, large barn, vacant
April LIST .S25. 90
$40 Main St., a rooms, lights, gas
o;t,, ,,,4o.. IL
City water $12. SO /
1902 Nebraska, 6 rooms, city water,
large garden spot ........... 90
III Walnut, 6 rooms, hail. mod
II at PAX, 4 rooms, gas, water. $1,000
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01

Statement of the ownership, man
agement, circulation, etc, of Graphic.
published Daily, except Monday, at
Pine Bluff, Ark, required by the Act
OF August "a, 1912. Note.-This state
ment is to be made in duplicate, both
copies to be delivered by the publish
er to the postmaster, who will send
one copy to the Third Assistant Post
master General division of Classifi-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
| 1OO=PrOOf
hight Whiskey
Rec XF =

pound Tor an lnfl.s1IGl.0H1I9s.l o.
condition of the air passenges ana
bronchial tubes. "A cold develops
quickly If not checked and bronchitis.
y grippe and pneumonia are danger
GUS possibilities. Harsh racking
coughs weaken the system, but Fol-
eys Honey and Tar is safe, pure and
certain in results. Contains no opi-
ates. SeaWell's Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
I1DLE men Will
>, BE GIVEN WORK
New Plan Is Adopted for
Dispensing Charity in
Pine Bluff.
CITY Is COOPERATING
"lhIclpalfy viii Furnish Implemout. |
and City Beautiful Club
Share Expense.
CITY is COOPERATING

Able-bodied men who apnlv fo, ala
~ '"e Associated Charities, giving
'"' excuse they are without EMPLOY
meht, viii be provided with work
"'roush plan decided upon vester-
DAY by die officers of the Cbariti.s
city Beautiful club and the CITY
represented by Mayor Bloom
in@ plan is novel one and while
giving employment TO the idle will
h'ip the City Beautiful club carry
ou' some Of its plans for snrino
work and the Charities in rendariua
aid without pauperizing.
me city will furnish brooms. carts
sweeping apparatus, keep time and
report on work done. The Associat-
"a Charities will pay for the amount
Of work done, and be reinbur~-..- :. =
he City Beautiful club t'ayments, l
amount expended each H914. The
same plan was agre> Inc, Dallas, /
MEMBERS Of tho II 3-3 I'm II
IDA FOUNTAlN--WE HAVE MADKN
up ready for prompt shipment 6, no
10, II, 16, is and 20 feat lard H.
iceless pump system outfk, u 4'ar,'
and slightly used at a Zig \Y 10.
y, prioes very sMallr cash i'll $40
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FROM THAT CONCERN WHICH Cal

een for b years in business in Little Rock Our mai,
Tent has been catering to the buys his wh;skey
by mail.
ore claim that with experience and with our large
give man better service than can secure elsewhere
4 OF ours is founded the fact that the records Of the
,nies ut this point will reveal that we alone shin as
ny express as all other mail order houses combined
aitl i'll ourselves and in our goods TIE extent Of our
nstrated by sour Guarantee It's ironc.d and nroters
10 buys from us, no matter where he is located
c way it works:
son, you. the reader for instance were 10 send Ms mn
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
l0N PRICES
UGH HIGH SPOTS
wed Demand for Old
|op Shorts Causes Big
Advance.

~ York. March 31.-Therc was a
led demand by old crops shorts
opening of the cotton market
smorning, and after starting at
Vance of 2 to 5 points, making
thigh ground for the movement.
1nte cables reporting that Man.
Yer s2inners had decided not to
y their mills for Easter week, as
sntly proposed, probably helped
Sadvance, while there was also
Hered buying of new crop posi-
3 on reports Of unsettled weather
h delayed farm work in the south
u.
lctton futures opened steady.
Fch, 1850; May, 1880; July, 1918;
rust, 1892; October, 11.48; Decem-
, 1855.
brices turned easier toward midday
Ter realizing and after the last
reh short had covered May con-
>-' hands ffnt or two under last
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01
Fo,sie Is SEd0l
$ on ! the I,od
nd Builds H.
. Childre,,.

ssx&. -: /
a =, &.wsu kn a|
tue a. strongest BIZ
- G.l's and Few ,''
nd v;gorto Ns.ss'
wi, without psrgs1
ger 10 aeii<,.,' ~
pete etc, ssrs,'sshassS
We mean It. ;o4
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01

Avoid Stuffy, Wheezy BREATH
Taaea Eqley's Honey and Tar
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01

nensah,s for o th under the eyes of one of
poio LUZ 'he coy Sans men.
=, ' ~ oYull Quarts express prepaid S $50
others exposed H'ull Quarts express prepaid S 77o
flies away FROM Full Quarts, express prepaid 5000
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-01

,1n.ptOn, D. c.. and retain
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CAME IN LATE, TOO
returns Should BE Filed Five noys
from Time Of Election
Kirby Will Contest.

sproofn5 snallaab ~
MONTH I
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FOR SALE-HALF INTEREST IN
my patent portable Mosqujr net
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-11
CHAPTER XVI.
The Stone Staircase.

Battista's prisoner stood at the
barred window high up the steep side
of the castle and stared out wistfully
at the receding infnity of blueness-
his meadow. In the three months
since his letter had gone to France, he
had grown old. The juices ofshis
youth seemed dried up; his eyes we're
bloodshot, his skin yellow; there was
no flesh on him. The waiting and
hoping had worn on him more than
the dead level of the hopeless years
before. There was a new tenseness
in the lightly built figure, even in the
long, delicate, strong fingers. The
prisoner had caught Whit of the air
of home and was choking for a. full
breath.
You are not well, my friend" said
the governor. '"The doctor must see
YOU"
But Francois refused lightly and
laughed and fell to singing an old peas
ant song of France which he had re-
membered lately; he got up on the
table and droned it to an imaginary
fiddle which he pretended to play after
the manner of old Jacques Arne, who
played for dances in vicques. And the
governor was taken with violent
fancy for it. He roared at it, and sang
it over in fragments till he had learned
it, and then he sang it and roared
again and slapped his knee; there was
droll comedy in Francois rendering
also, not to be explained-and the
count said that Francois must come to
his rooms the next night for dinner
and sing him the song again and also
listen to a new one of his own.
So Francois was taken down the
stone staircase and conducted to the
two rooms which were the governors
suite. He knew them well, for he had
dined many times with the count. But
tonight he was left alone a few mo-
ments in the outer room, the living
room. while the governor was in the
bedroom, and he looked about keeniy
with strained attention which grew
out of the suppressed hope Of escape.
Who knew what bit of knowledge of
the castle might be vital, and who
knew how soon? He noted the swords
and pistols hanging on the wall, and
marked light saber whose scabbard
was brightly polished as II the blade
also were kept in good order. On the
table he saw the flint and steel with
which Count Won Gersdorf lighted his
pipe; he stepped to the window, and
bent out, scanning the wall. A stone
coping. wide enough for a mans foot,
| but little more, ran, four feet below;
ten feet beyond the window It ended
in the roof of a shed, a sloping roof
where man could drop down, yes, or
even climb up with ease. A man. that
! is, who had climbed when a boy as
Francois hal climbed-like a cat for
certainty and lightness. But what
then, when one was in the courtyard?
It was walled about with stone wall
sixteen feet high; these old ancestors
of Pietro, who had built this place, had
planned well to keep Pietro's friend in
prison
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-11
CHAPTER XVII.
Loaf of Bread.

The next morning Battista came in
with manner which to the observing
eye of his prisoner foretold distinctly
some event. He talked more than
usual, and more grufly and loudly, but
at last, after wandering about the
room some minutes, all the time talk
ing, scolding, he swooped on Francois
and thrust thick paper into his coat
and at the same instant his heavy left
hand was over Francois mouth.
mot a word" he whispered, and
then "The loaf of bread"
Francois, struck dumb and blind
turned hot and cold, and his shaking
hand in his coat pocket clutched the
letter.
But Battista prodded him with his
hard forefinger. BE careful" he NUT
tered, and then again, "The bread
with sharp prod The loaf of bread"
and the door had changed. Battista
was gone.
A strong man, who had not been
shut away from life, would likely have
read the letter instantly, would in.
stantly have examined the long round
loaf lying before him. Francois was
i'll and weak and it was the first word
for five years from his own people,
which lay in his hand; he sat as If
turned to stone, touching the paper as
if that were enough; he sat perhaps
fifteen minutes.
Then suddenly breathlessness
.
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he MUST Drop, Whatever Happened.
grip and let himself out into the dark
still night. His feet hung in the air,
his hand slid fast-fast--down that
poor ladder of torn stuff; the die was
cast; he was going to things unknown;
he had taken desperate chance and
might not go back. And he slipped
down, down, from knot to knot. Sud-
denly he came to the last knot; he had
fastened a bit of wood there SC that
he might know when he got to the
end. What was this? 1t certainly was
the last knot; the bit of wood scraped
his hand as he held it; but his feet did
not touch ground.
There he hung, swaying in black
ness, not knowing how far he might
be above the earth, not knowing what
to do. Only a moment, for instantly
he knew that in any case he could not
go back, if he would, up that slight
swinging rope; he must drop, what
ever happened. He bent his knees
ready for the fall and let go. With a
shock ne landed and rolled, bruised
and out of breath, but not injured; he
looked up and in the dimness saw the
last knot with its bit of wood swing
ing in air twelve feet or so from the
ground.
But he had no time given him to
consider this point, for at that Sec
ond, at the far END of the closed yard
door opened, blaze of light poured
out, and squad of six soldiers stepped
from the castle, torches in the hands
of the foremost. Francois dropped,
crouching into the shadows against
the wall, but his heart grew sick as he
realized the futility of this. The sol
diers were coming straight toward
him.
With that, a CLEAN on a brighter sur
face than the ground met his sight, be-
low the level of the ground. His eyes,
searching the darkness, made out a
great butt of water, sunken by the
castle wall. Instantly he slid into it,
up to his neck. 1t was not quite full,
and his head old not show in the
shadows OF the inside. The blaze of
the torches swept close, brighter, as
Francois, snivering in the cold water.
glued himself to the dark side; the
blaze of the torches waved, shadowy,
gigantic, across the water and the cas-
tie wall; ne heard the soldiers speak
in short deep words; it was like an
evil dream, and it slipped past, torch
es and dark-swinging shadows and
heavy tread of men and stern voices,
like dream. The heavy door shut,
the lights were gone, everything was
still.
More dead than alive, Francois
dripped from the water-butt. The
hardest part OF his nights job, the
part that needed all his strength of
body and brain, was Immediately be-
fore him, and he stood nerveless, with
clicking teeth. as limp as the tradition
al drowned rat. A moment he stood
so. utterly discouraged, without conf
dence, without hope. Then with his
trembling lips he framed words. words
familiar to him for years. and with
that, in a shock, he ,elt strength and
courage rising in him like slow calm
food. 1t was not less miracle be-
cause there was no sign ia the
4
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CHAPTER III-Francois demonstrates
steeple. This deed is witnessed by the
stranger who marvels at the boys game
ness and asks him to visit him at
the Chateau.
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prison in Austria and Italy have tried
to find him in. l never dreamed of
Castelforte."
At the end OF the interview the little
Battista put his hand into his breast
pocket and brought out another letter.
thickly folded. Would mademoiselle
have him instructed where to find the
mother of the signor prisoner? He had
promised to put this into her own
hands He must do It before he
touched food
And Jean Philippe Moison, who had
lurked discreetly back of the nearest
stone vase, not missing syllable. was
given orders, and the huge little Bat
tista was sent on up the stone steps
between the scarlet flowers, up the
velvet slope Of lawn, in charge OF the
BCrple ona-
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the castle, Battista's gruffness and
mangled German words, and the sniff
fling mixed with grandiloquence of
one of he guards; finally he grew dar-
ing an initiated the governors SUI
perior officer who had visited the
prison six slonths ago and had seen
Francois among the others Francois.
with his body bent out, and fat wad-
die, and an improyised eye-glass and "a
pursy short-breathed manner, spoke of
the governor severely, putting at him
between sentences, reproving him,
among other things, for having pris-
oners dine with him.
And the governor roared with de-
light, for this man was his rival and it
did his soul good to see him made
ridiculous. He roared, and drank to
the imitation, and the irritation re-
buked his levity throatily, till the gov
ernor roared and drank again and
shouted for more. And Francois, ex-
cited, exhilarated, did more; and still
the governor drank as he acted. And
the vaudeville went on. So that when
IA0 6uotQ CcA44C Of ClGNSu lie COUNT
was lying across the sofa, too tipsy to
get to bed alone, and Francois had to
wait, pretending to be heavy with wine
himself, while the two soldiers put the
governor to bed.
At last he was taken upstairs be-
tween them, leaning on them Imply;
at last his door changed shut; he lis
tened to the footsteps of the two dying
away down the stone hall, down the
staircase; then swiftly he drew out
the file and the letters from his mat
tress; he hid the papers, wrapped
tight in their oilskin cover, in his coat
lining; he set to work with the file to
finish iron bars already three-quarters
filed through. That was done and
with fingers that seemed to work as
fast, as intelligently as his brain, he
tore the bedclothes into stout strips
and tied them together with square
knots which would not slip, and tied
knots in the line at intervals of a few
feet which might keep mans fingers
from slipping. He had to guess how
long the rope must be, but the bed
clothes were all used and the rope was
many yards-it must serve. He put
the file, with two candle ends which
he had saved, in his pocket; he made
one end of the strip fast to- an I'M
touched iron bar of his window; he
weighted the other end, then he looked
about moment, half to see if all OF
mis- small resources had been remem
bered, half in a glance of farewell tt
place where he had passed hour;
never to be forgotten.
With that he vaulted to the window
ledge and took the first knot in a firm