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Jesuit church, which was burned while the congregati ton was at wor- ship, resulting in the death of more than 20o0 women. The doors of the church opened inward, and when the fire occurred the audience pressed against the doors, holding them shut, and causing this enormous loss of life. The monument Is a beautiful marble Madonna in the attitude of mourning, with four kneeling angels at her feet.
 I passed this monument in going into the Chamber of Deputies. This chamber is entered by a beautiful hall in the shape of a half moon, and the galleries for visitors are reached by a marble staircase, which leads to sec ond and third floor. Both of the cham bers have the desks of the members running in rows back from the seat of the speaker. The desks are of ma- hogany, and are more like school desks than those which we formerly had in the House of Representatives. The building has also rooms for the Presi- dent and secretaries, and there is q congress hall, where the President reads his message to both houses, which come together for the purpose.
 The government of Chili has three branches: Executive. consisting of the President and his cabinet; legislative, comprising the two houses of Con- gress and Judicial. embracing the courts. This country Is divided into provinces which correspond to our starcs. and departments. that may be compared to our counties. The pres ident appoints the governors of the provinces and the chief officers of the counties. They In turn appoint the of ficia1s under them. so that the Presi- dent practically controls. the civil serv- ice of the country. He also controls the courts. appointing the judges and their subordinates. with the approval of the council of state.
 The courts are like ours in some re- spects and different In others. There is a supreme court at the capital which sGpervises all the other courts of tho republic. There are six courts of ap peal, one in each of the principal cit ies and there are minor courts
 scattered over the country There is no Jury system except in the case where the freedom of the press has been abused. All trials are before one or more judges. the government being represented by public prosecutors. The police are under the control of the minister of interior. and seems to be very well managed. Police expenses are paid out of the national treasury.
 The Chilians are proud of their army. They are natural soldiers and it is said they would rather fight than eat. According to the laws. every able bodied citizen is required to serve in the army. and recruits are called up in their 20th year and trained for one year. They afterward serve off and on for nine years in the reserves. The country Is divided into zones or mil itary districts. each of which forms complete division of mobilization. The total strength of the army is 1900
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of the travelling public. ss
 A large part of the government re- ceipts-not quite -half-comes from the export duties on nitrate and the sale of nitrate properties. Another source of government income is the import duties, which amount to about $11, 100000 a year. The tariff covers nearly everything, with the notable ex- ception of printing paper, which is ad- mitted free on the ground that books and newspapers are benefit to the public and that they should receive public aid. All publications are distrib- uted without postage, and white paper sells for less than it does in the United States, and that notwithstanding 1t has to be carried 10000 miles or more to the markets.
 There is one more difference between the government of Chile and ours, and that is as to religion. We do not be- lieve in any union of the church and
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The floor is heavily carpeted and histor fcal paintings hang from the walls. The room is luxuriously furnished, but il has none of the soft couches or sofas upon which the aged President is said to sleep Indeed, his excellency looked more like an active American business man than a sleeper. He is short and straight and in- olined to be fieshy. He has big head a the provision that the President remain in rosy face and bright eyes. He askei me to sit down beside him, and Tor half an hour or so We chatted together as to his country, it's government and its relation to the United States.
 The President spoke of the completion of the Panama canal, and thanked the United States for the great work 1t had done there for the world. He told me he hcped to come northward to visit us at the close Of this year. His term of of-
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some way or other in the va rious activities that have been started for helping the troops at the front or their relatives at home. One notable and curious result of this has been to break down that hitherto impossible class barrier that separates English roy alty from all but their own relations or the narrow circle of the court en- tourage.
 Queen Mary has started series of sewing parties at Buckingham palace, at which a number of royal ladies are reg ularly present. These parties have been instituted for the purpose of getting va rious garments in the way of shirts, socks etc., made for English soldiers at the war. The gatherings are quite the most remarkable that ever have been held inside the walls. of Buckingham pal ace Royal ladies and middle class danes between whom there exists normally the widest social gulf and who never come other, meet at these parties on an ab- solute social equality. There is no sug- gestion at these gatherings that the royal ladies are acting in condescending or patronizing way. Everybody is there at the Queens invitation. the wording of which is precisely the same for all, for a princess, duchess or a tradesmans s wife.
 At one of the tables where flannel snrrts are being cut out Queen Mary
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No one but royal parsonage could per
 haps have accomplished such a piece or work, for a good many difficulties had to be surmounted and indeed the war or flee at first fatly refused to allow such a plan to be carried out; but the influence of a princess of the reigning house Is considerable and her royal highness con trived to get permission to tentatively put her scheme into practice subject to an .infinity of restrictions and regulations Gas much secrecy is being maintained of the disposition of the troops about the United Kingdom for home defense as is being adopted in regard to the where abouts of the British expeditionary force abroad.) Few people know with any cer- tainty where the former are. and even
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BY W. T. ROBERTS


 number of persons put under closest op- servation. The banker asked for per- mission to leave England, but this was refused. He was to remain at his house at Windsor, and if he attempts to leave it will be arrested.
 Several ladies are assisting in the work of recruiting and in this particular ac- tivity the Princess Louise. Duchess or Argyll, has especially. interested herself. Princess Louise applied to the King to make her honorary colonel of the Thir- teenth battalion of the London regiment, Kensngton division, territorial regi- ment, raised for foreign service. It was recruited practically altogether from Ken sington and the princess by her personal exertions succeeded in enlisting 300 men in
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ROYAL SPY CATCHER
 Princess Victoria of Schleswlg-hoA- stein, who exposetl . German agent three days. Her royal highness set up a couple of recruiting offices in Kensing- ton and daily attended at each to receive recruits. The news that the princess was attending in person at the recruiting sta ton drew crowds to 1t, and more than treble the required number of men could have been secured in three days.
 The princess. seated at table, shook hands with each volunteer as he entered the room. and then after he had been in- spected by the doctor to see if he was physically fit he was dispatched to the main recruiting station at Whitehall
 The Princess Royal. mother of Princess Arthur of Connaught. has rendered in quiet, unostentatious way a singularly valuable service to the troops employed in home defense. The work the princess undertook was to supply the soldiers sta tioned at out of the way places along the coast of the United Kingdom with, read ing material in the way of books. news- papers and magazines.
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officers and 26.000 men.
 The country has good military schools and it's officers are all trained tv Germans. The army is said to be aboutj the most efficient in South America.
 AS to financial matters. the govern meLt of Chilli is more cheaply run than that or the United States. The Chilian government costs about $S0.000.000 a year. ours costs about $2,000.000 daily. and In this Is not included our postal account or the loans and payments on the public debt. The government of enlii controls the most of the railways ana IL has a net loss of some millions of pesos from that source every year The roads are badly managed and poorly equipped. and their officials and employees are a part of the political machine rather than efficient servants
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state. The Roman Catholic religion, ,is maintained by this government. A- though according to the constitution all religions are respected and pro teeted. The Catholic church gets cer- tain amount of money every year from the government treasury. and that not withstanding the Chilean branch of | it is one of the richest churches of the world. The great majority of the population are Catholics, and the Cath olics here have always been noted Nr their power and wealth. I have ;heard it said that the church owns more than $100,000,000 worth of real estate in. San tiago alone. It has some of the best business blocks. and the whole of one side of the plaza belongs to 1t. It has acres of stores, thousands of rented houses and vasr ,hacfendas or farms
 The Carmelite nuns are said to be the richest body of women in South Amer
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Who does not entirely approve or the English royal ban on the Kaiser
 V hen people do know the location of some of them they are not allowed to send any sort of communication to them direct.
 The princess had, therefore, to arrange to send reading matter she collected to the war office and from there 1t was dis tributed. No foreign magazines, books or newspapers are allowed to be sent, and certain English publications are barred and the princess has had to give her personal undertaking that no such magazines. etc, as are obpected to by the war office, will be sent If even one objectionable publication is sent at any time the permission given to the princess for carrying out her plan will be with drawn. The princess has, therefore. formed committee for inspecting all the literature she is collecting.
 Princess Victoria. daughter of Queen Alexandra. undertook to supervise the se- lection of the Red Cross nurses for em- ployment at Devonshire house wldch has been lent as a hospital by the Duke of
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His Last Joke

From the bunalo News F.
 A humorist was looking through mill and while. in an unguarded moment was perpetrating one of his jokes upon an innocent operative, he was drawn into some ponderous gearing and badly crushed.
 They extricated him from the machin. cry and laid him on the floor
 "Who is it? Who is it?' was the anx- ious inquiry as crowd gathered.
 Nobody knew.
 Then the funny man suddenly opened his eyes and strove to speak. A sympa- thetic bystander bent down to catch his words.
 There's good reason why nobody rec- ognizes me-" he whispered. painfully.
 What Is it?" asked the sympathetic one.
 Because, the humorist explained, as he saw a chance to get one home. its because I've been travelling incog.'
 That was his final effort, for he never spoke again.
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Long Acquaintance

From Everybody's. In New Brunswick village town char acter who perferred emphasis to the veri- ties was a witness in a petty trial in- volving an auger- He positively identi- fled it as the property of the parties to the suit,
 '',But,'' asked the attorney for the other side, 'do you swear that you know this auger?r fr"Yes, sir
 How long have you known it?' he continued
 T have known that auger," said thA witness finpressively, lever since it was gimlet'
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F'rem stlie Arsonauf, f'
 Ait.fI1nslish minister, Yko guarded hissjs6fhing study houra:vsfy carefully. told hs new maid that under no cir euiiistanges were callers to be admitted -except.aof course, he added--in case of life and death. Half an hour later the maid Knocked at his door,
 "A gentlman to see you. sir.
 Why. l thought told you
 "Yrs, told him she replied. .bus he says it is question of life and death.rS 2
 So he went down stairs and found an insurance agent
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ica. If not in the world. They have property in Santiago. and scattered over the central valley they have many large estates that bring in a steady Income. The Dominican friars also possess mill lions, their church being the finest In Santiago, with an altar that Is the most beautiful on this hemisphere.
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Copyrighted. lsl4 by Frank 2. carpenter

Copyrighted. 1914. by Frank c. carpenter
 Santiago. Chile.
 - HAVE just had an audience with IEI the grand old man of the kk Chilean republic His name is sEnRi Don Ramon Barros Luco, and
 he has been connected with the official management of the country for many years. He has been at the head of nearly every government department, has been minister to Paris, and four years ago was almost unanimously elected President. which office he now holds.
 Don Ramon is noted as . patriot and A statesman. He was one of the leading figures in the war against Balmaceda. ana at that time had a narrow escape. r. was when the cattleship Blanco was
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canse. the Princess Victorias unpleasant task to tell them so.
 Some of the applicants or their husbands were subscribers to the Red Cross funos' a circumstance which complicated the slt- uation for it was, of course, deemed un- wise to offend them. The matter came to a head as far as the princess was con cerned when one lady whose application was refused wrote her an excessively rude letter. which resulted in the princess ten- dering her resignation to the Red Cross committee, and the princess has now gone back to help in the more pleasant, if less responsible, work of making shirts fos soldiers.
 Copyrighted, 1914 by Curtis Brown.)
 
 ingsmsn! and ;siiowed their loyalty dur ing the .crtticaI, period of the Mutinyt "A ilortherly race. they are strongly re lisitps, and have a. supreme contempt for sdqfth ih battle. t'tf 'tf T- z Y ' tt l'-s
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nursing institution would render them capable of looking after the wounded, and that such training could be taken at any time before the wounded and stricken begin to arrive. Thus these women were for tie most part wholly unfitted for the post for which they applied, and it be-
 
 The Indian Troops The news that an Indian expedition ary force of 70,ooo men has arrived irl Europe to fight side by side with our gallant army in France has aroused general enthusiasm, says Tit Bits. That the military assistance of these brave troops is a powerful factor lis indicated by the fact that we ourselves have practically 76000 of our own sol- dicrs in India. The native army corl- sists of, 2751 officers and Gl6l, oS5s other ranks. There are also 9H700 reservists. In addition, many of the rulers of the native states. who number nearly 700 in all. maintain private armies. which they have with one accord placed at the disposal of the king. These vary in strength, but in most cases consist ol some of the finest cavalry in the world.
 fOrn or a race or hOrSemen, tneSe native cavalrymen practically live theii lives in the saddle. Of unexample6 bravery and recklessness and superb riders. they are. in addition. magnifi- gently mounted and trained.
 The relations of these native princes to British authority differ very widely Some are practically independent SOW ereigns, except that they are not per mitted to make war upon one another or to form alliances with foreign states +Fkf
 Others. however. are under tolerably strict control. As rule. they govern their states under the advice of ar English resident apointed by the gov ernor general. Of immense wealth and influence among their peoples. these native princes have now shown 6 splendid spirit of loyalty to their Elm. peror-King.
 The total number of native states Is between 6so and 700. ranging iron Hyderabad, with an area of over S2,00( 1S.00o, ,000 to small states consisting o1 only few villages
 The Gurkhas. who are strongly rep resented in the expeditionary force were once described by the Crowr Prince of Germany as the finest sol diers possessed by Great Britain O small stature and somewhat resembling the Japanese in appearance, they dis played great bravery and fidelity 1T the Afghan and Sikh wars. and len valuable aid to the British in the su. pression of the Mutiny. Ten regiment, of Gurkahs form most valuable ele. ment in our native Indian army.
 The Sikhs are also splendid fight
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Royalty Works Hard No1uadays

Devonshire Of all the tasks undertaken
 by royal ladies to help England in the war
 this was certainly the most difficult, dis agreeable and thanklessi one. There has been a rush upon the part of number of smart society women, none of whom have any practical experience or knowledge or the duties of nurse. to be engaged as Red Cross nurses Most of these women seemed to think months training in a nursing institution would render them capable of looking after the wounded, and that such training could be taken at any time before the wounded and stricken begin to arrive. Thus these women were for tie most part wholly unfitted. for the post for which they applied, and it be-
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LONDON. October s.-(Special | Correspondence.) Practically
 every royal lady in England has ? come forward to take part in
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-10-21
STORES TO CLOSE
EARLY HALLOWEEN
They Will ii East Pine Bluff Civic
League Can Exert Any lnflu-
Cnce over Local Merchants.

The women of the East Pine Bluff
Civic league are working in an effort
to have the business men OF the city
close their places of business on Sat
urday night, October 81, at 9 O'Clock
in order that their employees may be
able to attend the Halloween carnival
to be given by the league on that
night.
A committee from the league will
seen make a canvass of the merchants
and urge them to close their places
one hour earlier than the usual time
on this night, as a number OF the
clerks have expressed their desire to
attend the carnival. Several of the
merchants of the city have voluntarily
agreed to close their stores at 9 p.
m. on Halloween.
All the tents for the carnival have
been secured, and present indications
are that the affair will be huge sue
cess, socially and financially. A meet
ing of the various committees will be
held one day next week when f1nai
arrangements for holding the carnival
will be perfected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-10-21
Union COUNTY negro
RUSHED TO CAPITAL
Will Nicely, Wanted for Shooting Two
Officers, Taken to Pen to
Avoid Mob Violence.

Camden, Oct 20-Will Nicely, the
negro wanted for the shooting Of td'
officers near EldoradO, was brought
here tonight i'll an automobile by
Sheriff Wallace and Judge Maloney
of Unlcn county. The negro was
brought here because of fear of mob
violence, and hearing that an attempt
would be made TO storm the Camden
Jail, the officers took their prisoner
to the pentitentiary at Little Rock
tonight.
Nicely surrendered about / O'Clock
this afternoon at Eldorado. He de-
MES shooting the two officers. He
admits they came to his house. and
that when they wanted to search all
Clubhouse we started back to his home
for a key. Some one shot him, he
says, and he ran from the scene.
Nicely is about As years OF age, has
been on the farm where the shooting
occurred seven years and bore the
reputation of being a good negro.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-10-21
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS.
BY MARY SORRELLS.

Those who have never taken any
interest in the school and student
body, know not of its great progress
in the past three years.
About four years ago, Pine Bluff
High school bought new piano, AUD
was given TIME Of three years to
pay for same. The school moved on
slowly paying little bits" when they
could. In 1913, the school began to
wake up and push things on Miss
Celia Murphy of the English depart
ment gave a play and with the CO.
operation Of the student body helped
pay the piano out of debt. Then
enough money was raised to our
chase new pictures for the different
rooms in the building. At few foot
ball games the school went in debt,
but by the open programs given by
the Philos., Pi Psi, Invincible, and
Scrosis, and the interest manifested
by the good patrons, we managed to
pull through" Then Prof. Brooks
with the eager desire to establish a
good library. collected the best tai
ent among the boys Of the school and
gave splendid minstrel, which was
highly appreciated by all. On Octo-
Der 80, Miss Honey, the instructor of
the Pi Psi society is going to present,
"She Stops to Conquer"
In 1913 Goldsmith tried his chance
at Covent garden with play "She
Stops to Conquer" The manager
was not without great difficulty, in
duced to bring this piece out. The
Good Natured Man" had been too
funny to succeed; yet the north of
the "Good Natured Man" was sober
compered with the rich drallery OF
"She Stops to Conquer" On the oc-
casion of it's first appearance at Gov
ent garden, pits, boxes and galleries
were in a constant roar of laughter.
Later generations have confirmed
the verdict, which was pronounced OIL
that first night in 1913. The Pi Psi
society is composed of the most tai
ented pupils in school, and these have
been selected to present this play. 1t
goes without saying that Miss Toney,
who is presenting this play is SUI
fiCient guarantee OF success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-10-21

Gray, Faded, Streaked With Gra,
Hair Darkened Evenly.

Here's a chance to try the effect of
Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer on your
hair and scalp with the guarantee OF
a. reliable dealer that it won't cost
you one cent unleac it beautifully
darkens your hair. Simply apply it
to hair and scalp, night AID morning.
The gray disappears and the hair is
beautifully dafkened SO evenly natur-
ally and thoroughly (eyen where t.le
hair joins the scalp that no one can
tell you have applied Q-Ban. In adj
dition Q-Ban stops itching scalp AID
dandruff and makes the hair thick,
fluffy, soft, lustrous, beautifully dark
and abundant Q-Ban is harmless.
not sticky or messy. but is q clean
liquid. Try it. Only SOC for big
7-oz bottle at w. l.. Dewoody, Pine
Bluff, Ark Out of-town people sup
pied by mail.-(Advt.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-10-21
Landlords Too Greedy.

Attempts to fx by statute the wages
AGRICULTURAL laborers in England
we're largely responsible for the great
eyolt of 1881, or Wat Tyler's rebel
ion." 1t represented the dcspairing
.ffort of landowners to get back to
he level OF wages before the black
Lieath same to make labor dear. But
he lord of the manor overshot the
mark, He wanted the day wage kept
Town to four cents to six cents day
lad he put six cents to eight cents IN
he schedule there might have been
70 rebellion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-10-21
Gentle Eyed Seal,

liked by Labrador fishermen DR..
Grenfell says that he has known a
seal to haunt net 30 persistently
that to get any fish the owner ha" to
watch NJ. the while at one end of IL,
and even then, tho saai would almost
snap off the isiierman's hand as lie
raced to BIZ first to diseptangle the
sal non.