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The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12

the council met, and told me its pro-
visions. | told him that | could not
vote for the ordinance However, |
handed the ordinance to the recorder,
when it was called for by Mayor Dun
can. l doubt the wisdom of such an
ordinance, hence I failed to take any
step toward advancing it to second
reading.
Many requests had been made to
the ordinance committee to present an
ordinance cutting the salary of the
marshal to $25 a month for his admin
istrative services, and leave the coun-
ell free to vote him pay each month
for his services as street overseer, &C
cording to the amount of work done.
This ordinance has not been drawn,
but possibly accounts for associating
my name with the one presented Tues
day night. | shall not vote for it if
comes to vote.
A. J. MEADORS.
Conway, Ark, Feb. IL, 1914.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
FAULKNER COUNTY BOY
KILLED IN OKLAHOMA

Fort Smith, Feb. 12.-The body of
an 1Syear-old boy, fatally mangled by
a Missouri, Kansas and Texas freight
train at Muskogee, Okla, on Monday
was identified as that of Robert Bond,
an orphan, of Greenbrier, Faulkner
county. The body was identified by
jeff Strickland, 20 years old, his COM
panion, who lives at Canadian.
Strickland's brother, Clarence, of
Greenbrier, was fatally injured in the
Iron Mountain yards at Van Buren,
July 7. Near by the body of dead
youth, presumely his companion, was
found. Strickland died in a local hos
pital on July g. The body of the other
victim was never identified and was
buried at Van Buren. For a long
time it was supposed that the victim
was BOND. Fond's only known rela-
tives are Mrs. Artie Glover and Robert
Young, aunt and uncle, who live at
Greenbrier and who have been advised
of his death.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
Strong PROGRAM
BEING ARRANGED
FOR TEACHERS MEETING
NUMBER OF DISTINGUISHED
SPEAKERS AND EDUCATORS
WILL BE PRESENT.

The officers of the Arkansas State
Teachers Association are striving to
make the next annual convention of
the association to be held at Little
Rock April 16, II, 1S, the largest and
most successful that has ever been
held. The general program and the
programs for the different section
meetings will be unusually strong.
The following distinguished educa-
tors and speakers have already been
secured for the meeting: Doctor S. C.
Mitchell of South Carolina; President
George B. Gill of the Northeastern Ok
lahoma Normal School, State Superin-
tendent j. M. Powers of Mississippi,
DR.. J. Adam Puffer of Boston, Mass,
DR.. James H. billiard of Virginia, Hon.
Charles A. Johnson of the Memphis
Public Library, DR.. Henry S. Hartzog
of St. Louis, and DR.. w. S. Sutton of
the University of Texas. The presi-
dent of the association has announced
that he has other speakers of national
prominence under consideration for
the meeting and he hopes to secure
definite acceptance from them within a
short time
DR., c. II, Brough, president of the
association, announces that the "key-
note" of the discussion for the general
programs will be professional Eff
cheney and the Improvement of the
Rural Schools"
The chairmen of the different sec
tions are providing unusually strong
programs for all the section meetings
and a vigorous attendance campaign is
being carried on by the officers of the
association. The school boards of the
state can render signal service both
to their teachers and to their schools if
they will make it possible for their
teachers to attend the association
meeting this year.
The Womans Teachers Association
of Little Rock has very generously of
fered to pay the expenses of one OF
Americas notable women for an ad
dress at the association, and this will
certainly be one of the most attractive
features of the meeting. The standard
of attendance for this meeting ha:
been set at $500 and it is confidently
expencted that this number of teach,
ers will be in attendance at the meet
ing. Every effort is being put forth
to make the April meeting record
breaking one in every respect.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
LITTLE ROCK EDITOR
GOES TO HARRISON

Little Rock, Feb. 12-Donald F.
'Biggs, one of the best known of Little
Rock newspaper men, and who was for
several years special writer of the
Arkansas Gazette, has resigned as ed
itor of the ready-print service of the
Western Newspaper Union, and will
assume the management of the Harri-
son Herold. The Herald is daily pub
lication, founded by the late Alex c.
Hull, and temporarily suspended after
his death. Mr. Biggs will take charge
of the paper the first of the week. f.
M. Garvin is president of the Herald
Publishing Company.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
SENATORIAL NEWS.

Little Rock, Feb. 12.-Hon. w. c.
Rodgers of Nashville, member of the
Arkansas state senate and former act
ing governor, has announced that he
will not be a candidate for second
term. He says that ''it is worth all
an office pays the first term to an
nounce in the papers," notwithstand-
ing other expenses, and he cannot af-
ford to make the sacrifice.
NJ. T. Shackelford, member of the
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12

come managers for their respective

come managers for their respective
counties.
1t is the plan to secure pledges of 81
year for five years, 1914-1S, inclu-
sive, from at least 100 persons in each
county. Each contributor will become
4 charter member of the fund and a
certificate of membership will be is
sued.
The health car is to be the prop
erty of the people, says the commit
tee, "and every community should have
an interest in it, and while the timer
aly of the car will be under the super
vision of the State Board of Health,
it will be with view of aiding every
county and county health officer
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
Lad FLECTROCUTED
ON ROOF OF HOUSE

Eureka Springs, Feb. 12.-Herbert
Harleson, aged 16, schoolboy, was
electrocuted on the roof of the audi
torium at Eureka Springs yesterday
afternoon. The boy grabbed an cleo
trio Wire that supplies the building
with light.
Harleson and two companions
climbed to the roof of the building to
throw acorns at schoolmates who were
playing basketball in a court below. A
short time before the tragedy Miss
Wells, their teacher pleaded with
them to come down.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
AN ERROR.
Editor Log Cabin Democrat:

Editor Log Cabin Democrat:
In yesterdays Log Cabin Democrat
you say an ordinance was presented to
the city council Tuesday night by Nc
Culloch and Meadors jointly, the pur-
pose of which was to cut the salaries
of city officers. This is an error as to
my part in it.
Mr.. McCulloch handed a copy of the
ordinance to me a few minutes before
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
DEAF MUTES U0WNED
AFTER HARD COMBAT
HENDRIX COLLEGE BULLDOGS
BARELY NOSE OUT AFTER
NEARLY LOSING GAME

The value of garrison finish in an
athletic contest was thoroughly dem
onstrated on Hendrix campus yester-
day afternoon in an engagement par
ticipated in by the Deaf Mute basket
ball team of Little Rock and the Hen
dirk College Bulldogs, in which the
locals barely nosed out with a five
point lead The Hendrix basketeers
easily lead the fight during the first
period, but they slowed down consider
ably at the beginning of the last half
and allowed the Mutes to creap. up on
them until the latter team was only
two points behind When the first
stanza closed Hendrix was leading by
the score of 16 to 6. By pulling off
garrison finish, the Bulldogs won
the contest by the score of q to 16.
The game was very interesting
one. Both teams played we'll, team
work being an asset to each five. Will
son at center was perhaps Hendricks
most valuable man, while Nixon at
eft forward also put up a spectacular
game Captain Lux starred for the
visitors.
The lineup:
Hendrix. Position Mutes.
Gossett >. Right forward =. Lux (c)
Nixon. -. Left forward . Athey
Wilson ..... Center ... Conoway
Holmes. 49,. Left guard ...... Bells
Giles (c) -. Right guard :. Hutchins
Summary: Goals from field-Wil-
son 6, Nixon 3, LUX 3, Athey, Berry
2. Goals from fouls-Gossett 3, Lux
A. Wilson (Chicago) Scorer
Harrison (Hendrix). Substitutes
Hudson for Holmes, Berry for Athey,
Unger for Hutchins. Time 20 min
utes.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
HEALTH CAR WILL
BELONG TO PEOPLE

Little Rock, Feb. 12.-The State
Board of Health's committee on the
health car, consisting of Drs. T. B.
Bradford, G. A. Warren and c. w.
Garrison, are receiving acceptances
from many of the county health off
GERS on the proposition that they be-
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-02-12
ROYAL ARCH MASONS MEET.

Conway council No. 80, Royal Arch
Masons, will meet tonight in regular
session in the Masonic Hall on North
Front street.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
TURNS RUBBISH INTO MONEY
Father Bans of London, England, Has
Made Enough to Purchase Site
for ChiIdren's Home.

Rubbish collected in London has
provided enough money to purchase
site for a children's home. Father
Bans, employing two motor vans and
a horse cart for collecting things most
persons throw away makes $4,000
year for his Crusade of Rescue" In
warehouse in Compton street, Kings
Cross, he has three sorters, whose
task it is to empty sacks containing
different kinds OF refuse and to ar
range the material for SALE Among
the neglected articles which he has
found to have real value are old en-
velopes, pamphlets, bits of paper, bro
ken bottles, corks, electric bulbs, sar-
dine tins, old stockings, silver paper.
candle ends, cardboard, and medicine
bottles.
Medicine bottles can be sold to doc
tors for $3.50 a gross, and other bot
ties are bought up by dealer. Bro
ken plates are sold and broken up for
road foundations Corks go to limo
leum manufacturers, and tin lids are
utilized by the British Electron COM
pany. The zine and tin in bottle tops
fetch. respectively, cents . pound
and $50 hundredweight.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
NOTES A MYSTERY OF MONEY
Difference In Unit Of Values Between
Belgium and Holland Is a Puzzle
to the Traveller.

There are good many mysteries of
money and tariffs, and the wayfarer
through life is often puzzled Why is
it that in the little step from Belgium
to Holland your whole financial out
look on life is altered? They live close
together, the Dutch and the Belgians.
But in coinage they are far apart. Bel
gium thinks in francs. Holland thinks
in forms. And when you step from
the one little country to the other you
find they are thinking the same thing.
Goods in terms of money.
You have but to cross the frontier
between these small countries to find
the difference: Belgium lives on
francs, Holland reckons in forms, and
the amazing thing is that every one
across the frontier will pay about
twice as much for the mere luxury of
taking the form as a unit instead of
a franc. Now l should like to know
what is the economical reason of this.
says writer in the London Chronicle.
For Belgians and Hollanders appear
equally prosperous. And the Hollander
lives on the form, while the Belgian
lives on the franc. The Englishman
who crosses the frontier finds the ex-
traordinary difference when he
changes his sovereign.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
GET THE PUBLIC INTER ESTED
Salesnihh Who Can Do That, 4nd Has
the Right Goods, May Be Sure
of Success.

Attract the attention of the pub
lie" is the secret of salesmanship in
virtually every line. Next comes the
merit Of the goods. Upon the latter
depends whether the dealer holds his
trade. Many ingenious methods are
employed in craftsmanship. The art
becomes closely related to human ma
ture.
An Albany cigar dealer ha$ DEM
onstrated explicitly just how far the
eye enters into the question: He
discovered he was stocked With a
brand of cigarettes that were PROV
ing "stickers." Instead of reducing the
price and consequently losing money,
or barely clearing at cost, he devised
a new method. He ranged half
dozen boxes along the top of his show
cases. Each was inclosed in a glass
case of it's own. Naturally, the at
tention of the customer was attracted
by their individuality.
Those cigarettes were disposed Of
at q. profit. That Albany cigar dear
err discovered something that is max
ing money for him. That little idea of
individuality he is applying to every
line of his goods that incline to "go
slow"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
RACE KEEPS ON IMPROVING
Modern Science Has Proved That
Even in the SIums Four-fifths of
Babies Born Are Normal.

The encouraging word of science
that "heredity is overwhelmingly a
force for the Improvement of the
race" that "the child at birth has, not
a few months, but 100000 years of
unbroken life to back him in his fight
with environment" and that "even in
the slums four-fifths of all the chill
dren are born normal and healthy"
was proclaimed by Dr. Woods Hutch
inson.
Zone excitable gentleman" he said.
figured out that the rate at which
insanity was increasing we would all
be mad in century and a quarter.
"He forgot that the increase was
due largely to the fact that more cases
of insanity are cared for today that
formerly. And, at the worst, only from
/ to 21s per cent. Of humanity is defec-
tive mentally A careful use of mega
tive eugenics, preventing the breeding
of real detectives, can reduce that pro-
portion almost to nothing.
1.-THE great man comes up from the
masses 40 per cent. of the time in one
bound from an unknown father; even
oftener from unknown grandparents.
Nearly 80 per cent. of great men were
delicate in childhood, though they are
distinctly long-lived and robust in man.
hood. The reason why more great
men do not come from tAs FsalEy pseR
is that the stress of early. environment
does not let them live"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
Riahtl

Get up right in the morning. Go to
bed right at night. Start with Joy in
your heart, hope in the future, kind
ness in your purpose.
If it is a dark day, never mind; you
will tighten it up. If it Is a bright day,
you will add to the brightness. Give
word of cheer, kindly greeting and
warm handsEako 70 your friends.
If you have enemies, look up, pass
them by, forget and try to forgive.
If all of us would only think how
much of human happiness is made by
ourselves, there would be less of hui
man misery.
If all of us would bear in mind that
happiness is from within and not from
without, there would be a wellspring
of joy in every heart and the sun
would shine forever
Try it!--Leslie's Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
BETTER THAN'ANY LECTURE
coIonePs Method Rebukins Young
Officers Probahf More Effective
Than Severity Would Be.

The colonel of "a German regiment
on garrison duty near a lively city
was very much annoyed by the way
his young officers vent about town in
civilian clothes--clntrary to the regu-
lations of. the serice, the articles of
war, and the spirt of Prussian mill
tarism: He spoke very sharply about
it and threatened the EXTREMIST pen
alties II anybody we're caught doing it
again. The warning served for a time
at least the blenders were more
careful.
Presently, howe'er, two young lieu
tenants took a chnce. They slipped
away into town il modish afternoon
clothes of the latet English cut, with
top hats on and he rest. Suddenly
they ran into the colonel. The next
minute they had ranished into a gro
GERS shop. One minute more and the
door of the shop opened.
Good Afternoon, gentlemen" said
the colonel The pair stood before
their superior silent and dismayed
while grim smile spread over the
soldiers face.
Young lady," said the colonel, adj
dressing the shopgirl, give me two
five-cent cakes Of soap-and wrap
them separately" The girl obeyed
and the colonel gravely gave her ten
cents. Then he turned to the young
officers and handed each of them a
cake.
Here, gentlemen" he said with a
grin, "just so you shan't be put to
any expense on my account. Good
day"
And he turned and strobe out of
the shop.-New York Evening Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
SOMETHING TO SAY FOR MULE
Travelling Tobacco Man Made Study
Of Spanish With a Distinct OBJ
ject In View.

Before returning from my first trip
to Cuba ! improved my Spanish by
diligent study In order to inform a
mule In his own language just what l
thought OF him without any confus-
ing equivocation," said travelling to-
bacco man.
This mule was one that rode on
a tour Of some tobacco plantations.
The people from whom j borrowed the
mule said that it was an animal OF
tireless energy, tenacious disposition,
and marvellous speed
Il had no sooner mounted the beast
than 1t showed a disposition to can.
ter far in advance of my party over
hills and through fields until real
lied suddenly that | had practically
lost the others.
Il spoke sharply to the mule and
tried to rein 1t in. Instead OF slack
ing pace the animal went faster.
Il spoke more sharply still and
refined harder. Same result.
Faster and faster went the mule.
1t galloped on through forests, open
country and startled villages / might
have been galloping yet, a kind Of
permanent John Gilpin, had / not ut
tered, wholly by chance, a word Of
Spanish profanity that the mule
might understand
What / yelled was the Spanish for
'Whoa' 1t stopped the mule like
magic. Throughout the trip / had been
yelling Git up without knowing 1t,
while saving at the reins.
"But that mule heard a lot of un-
ineligible Spanish from me before
/ left Cuba
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
Church and State

There is very emphatic provision
in the constitution of the United States
against any union OF church and state
in this nation. Article 1, amendment
1, reads as follows: Congress shin
make no law respecting an establish
ment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press, or
the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the govern
ment for redress of grievances" Un-
Gle Sam has his own religion and he is
willing for everybody else to have
theirs, but he will not enter into CO
partnership with any religion.-C hica.
go American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
Advice to Doctors.

BE cheerful" That is Sir Squire
Bancroft's advice to the doctors. Dr.
Stephen Paget in his "Confessio
Medici"-that most companionabIe of
books-dilates on the same theme
"lf you must stay" he says to the
young practitioner who is invited to
tea, do not stay long, and keep the
door on your lips. Talk of the pa
tent of the weather, or of the propo-
sition, which viii as surely as the
bread-and-butter be handed to you,
that There is a good deal of illness
about Avoid all topics of church and
state, quote neither poetry nor prose,
give neither censure nor approval to
music and the drama hide your lik-
ing for any art but your own. Leave
behind you, for gossip TO lap, a saucer
ful of the milk Of human blindness.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
gOn CoPHsTS AND WRITERS
Work May Be Lishtened and Better,
Results Obtained by Following Z
These Simple Directions.

The quickest way to copy with pen
or pencil is to put fiat, heavy weight
over the upper edge of the paper on
which you write, to hold it firm and
leave both hands free. Then place
the matter to be copied fat on the
desk at the left, so as to bring it as
near as possible to the blank paper.
With a finger of the left hand keep
your place in the book or manuscript
as you write, and you will find gener.
ally that you can copy quite fast 10
this way
For a paper weight a heavy oblong
rectangular piece of brass or glass Is
most effective. The connecting Of
words by long pen strokes has very
little bad effect on the legibility of the.
copy and certainly saves time. OF,
course. the stroke should be long
enough to mark clearly the break be-
tween words.
Writers who have habit of dipping
pens in the mucilage and putting the.
mucilage brush into the ink may find
1t a good idea to keep the mucilage
bottle invariably at one side of the
desk, and the inkstand at the other.
Half of lemon set firmly in a small
shallow support and renewed from
time to time will be found to remove
the finish from old pens quickly and
thoroughly. Another good way of
bringing forth the possibilities of new
steel pens is to let some ink dry upon
them before using.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
Ceremonial Bath.

Considerable pomp used to attend
the entrance into the water of the
Duchess de Berri, who, close on a hun
dred years ago, first made sea bathing
fashionable in France. When the
duchess went bathing at Dieppe her
arrival on the beach was hailed with
a salvo of artillery. The holder of the
then newly created post of inspector
des bains" had to be there to receive
her, attired in resplendent uniform,
cooked hat and white gloves. This
functionary led her royal highness into
the sea untill the water reached her
knees, when he retired with three
profound references. The duchess,
who was an expert swimmer, then pro.
ceeded to enjoy herself
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
Character Actors passlnn-

Character actors, according to pro-
ducers, are becoming scarce. Not,
however, in the sense of Character"
acting as it is known today, for all
comedians and near comedians have
listed themselves under the head Of
character people. But the real old
timers, who could change grease paint
with costumes and do "Brutus" one
act and Uncle Tom" the next, are
disappearing. This condition is due,
actors say, to the managers insisting
that men and women specialize in
one line of acting. 1t has resulted
in thousands of cat Liberty ads be-
ing published every season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
City Free From Flies

No flies in Prague" says a resident
In that city in reply to inquiries from
manufacturers Of fly-papers asking for
information as to the extension of
their trade in Bohemia, for there are
not sufficient aies to exterminate. In
restaurants there are very few flies.
Screen doors to keep out flies and
other insects are unknown. The build
ings are all constructed of brick stone
or concrere. The pavements and side
walks are mare Of granite block. There
are no wooden sidewalks, stairway. or
buildings In the city. Decayed vege-
table or animal matter is not openly
exposed to flies. and the streets are
frequently cleaned during each day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
cure Tor mushroom PoIaonincl

A cure for mushroom poisoning dis
covered by DR.. Louis Olivier, ole of
the most distinguished chemists of
France, has just been presented be-
lore the Society of Comparative hath-
ology. After demonstration THAT
mushroom poisoning destroys thel red
corpuscles of the blood, he stated that
his neutralizing agent was a SERUM
from a sheep. The preparation was
extremely simple. He drew the blood
from sheep and allowed it to coagu-
late, the liquid resulting being his
serum. This he injected into the veins
of human being. In the country dis
tricts of France there are annually
hundreds of serious cases of mJsh-
room poisoning, which the society now
hopes may be easily cured.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02
His Privileges.

1t was during the rush hours and
the car was crowded to it's full capaci-
ty and then some.
A rather gaudily dressed young man
was standing next to a German, each
holding on to the overhanging strap.
The car gave a sudden lurch, which re-
suited in the young mans stepping on
the Germans toes. This irritated the
German, who addressed the other an
grily.
Mine friendt," he said, 81 know
mine feet vas meant TO be walked on,
but dot privilege belongs to me."-Lip-
pincott's.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-02

Sunocated IN mud was the terrible
death Of Maud Kirby Cornwell. a fac.
tory girl. Of Cambridge. England. She
was out walking with Arthur Mead, a
barman. on Coe Fen. an open space
between the river and Peterhouse col
lege, when. according TO a statement
by the man, they walked into a ditch
which has scarcely a foot OF water In
Il. lie says be sank to his hips i'm
medlately. His cries for help were
heard, and two men pulled him out.
but the girl was not found until come.
time afterwards She was then dead
having beer suffooated by mud.