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Evening star., 1914-07-05
GRANDrIA PROVIDES LUNCHEON

the high-browed man. Il didn't read
IL \ friend of mine told me about it"
Then the people who were trailing the
pair turned quietly and sneaked away.
tnknowingly the hi2h-browed mans
brief hour of glory had been ended by
himself.
Anybody who doesn't believe in Dar-
wins theory of evolution should have
visited the main animal house at the
hour of 2:30 pm. and should have
remained there for half an hour. Then
ne would have gone away and torn up
MS family escutcheon and openly ac-
cepted the monkey as his ancestor.
Al the end of the long, low building
was a glass and wooden door which
was locked Through the door one be-
held IN various attitudes of stagnant re-
pose half a dozen huge sea turtles
which scientists state are hundreds of
years old. They were motionless. save
when they swung their long, turkey-like
necks and fastened their little. unblink-
ing eyes upon some object Ugly things
they We're. telling a tale of prehistoric
days. when this world was inha bited al
most exclusively by nightmares
Standing outside the door was a man
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bGAR bEARs7lAKE ONE FEEL cool By CONTRAST.

that he Uhe keeper, had saeahed away
without having been bitten.
oh. isn't ne cute?" said the young
woman. happily. How I would love to
scratch his sweet little head
A coarse-looking man who was stand
ing behind her spoke.
Believe me- he said. hoarsely-.'be-
lieve me, madam, you haven't got thing
on him.
What do you suppose he eats? said
the thin young man with the receding
chin and the parrot eye.
''On the Island of Kadiak." said
high-browded person to his friend in
clear, ringing voice that carried back
through the crowd. those bears come
down in the village in the winter time
and make off with men and women.
They are"
What do they want to do that for?"
interrogated a person who had
chronic weakness for asking fool ques-
tons This mans friend was determin-
ed that the high-browded man should
continue his conversation without a lot
of cheap interruptions. So he said
Why. you idiot. the bears get lone
some and they want people to come up
to their caves and play with them"
That was enough to crush the GU
rious man. And the high-browed gen.
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in few minutes time indicates
whether or not the atmosphere is suf-
fciently free oe gas TO permit men TO
live in it
conceived by Alfred G. Heggem. pc
troieum engineer of the bureau of
mines, and is valve for oil ana gas
wells; which will control the foo or
oil and gas or water from a well. ais
will in no wise interfere with the
drilling or shooting. and is placed close
to the casing head. so as to be readily
turned over and thus shut off the sup
ply
The prevention of waste through the
use of these valves means the saving
of millions of dollars yearly. as there
will be no need even to waste. the fluid
usually lost when shooting a we'll
After the torpedo has been set and the
squib started into the we'll the valve
plug may be turned 10 close the TOP open
ing in the casing head aRd the fluid
thrown from the well by ee shot viii
pass through the SIDE outlet and
lead line to. be collected in tanks. An
other contingency when this valve will
be of service is when gas is eacour-
tered Unexpectedly and catches fire at
the head OF the we'll. The casing MA v
be closed promptly. leaving a very
small opening about drilling line
through which only 4 small amount OF
gas can escape. TINS the flames may inl-
mediatel? be brouEat. under control with
out danger either to the rig or the lives
of the Workmsn.
Science is constantly bringing its su-
perior knowledge to bear upon the
mine problems. and though the aver
age miner is minded to rush headlong
into a mine to save his co-worker, the
presence of the mine rescue crews
upon the scenes. with their training
and equipment, is gradually coming TO
be eagerly sought rather than resented,
as has been the case in the past. fer
their efficient service has been so pro-
ductive of good results that their APP
pearance inspires hope and confidence.
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tleman continued a long dissertation on
the kadiak bear. He made it plain.
that, compared to kadiak bear.
Kansas cyclone, plus prairie fire. plus
a volcano in action We're commonplace
trivialities to be laughed away. You
would have to add d couple of foods
and famine before they would COM
mence to be in the Kadak bears class.
Gosh, but you must have travelled,
mister. said timd little man, in the
background. The man with the tall
outstanding brow shifted compIacently.
Two or three visitors determined to
trail him. Possibly he had some more
blood-and- thunder. fifteen hundred
miles-from-ca ca m p-in-a-snow-storm stuff.
which he would uncork as the various
animals brought it to light.
What they heard was a conversation
that ran about as follows:
Say" said the high -browed mans
friend, you sure did get away with
that For a man who has been in a dry
goods store for fifteen years.
Eighteen years" said the, man with
the high brow. proudly. Il have been
floor walker for fifteen years and for
three years before that 7 was a clerk"
You sure did get away with it,"
reiterated the friend. admiringly
Where did you get all that dope?"
Treasury Department bulletin said
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no doubt, be the means of saving many
lives.
As it frequently happens. the regular
hoisting equipment is damaged beyond
possibility of quick repairs. and the value
of this invention of George S. Rice, chief
mining engineer of the bureau of mines,
is apparent.
Mr.. Rice constructed a barrel shaped
framework which is simply a collec-
ton of curved and straight bars.
fastened together with bolts and rivets
a patform and a hood. all of which
may be transported in sections and
readily assembled in a few minutes.
and likewise disconnected and packed
away with equal facility. The clip
tical shape makes the cage more likely
to slip past distractions in the shaft,
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The betJcrs nu2lIy agreed that theE
would approximate the distance between
the seals, as measured by the circumfer-
ence of the poo, and that the result
would be announced after each seal had
swan around twice. II was as difficult
a problem in Euclid to the man with
whiskers. and when the fat man stated
he had won and led his friend away the
latter had a dazed, "Where-am-I?" look
on his face.
The bears and the elephants are prime
favorites at the Zoo at least with the
Sunday crowd. Children. especially, can
spend hours watching the huge. drowsy
pachyderms as they swing solemnly from
side TO side. The monkeys are popular
decidedly popular
Standing in front of the cage of the
kadiak bears-the largest of all bears
was a large group and in the front of
this group was a young man ana
pretty girl. y keeper came by and the
giant bear stood upon It's hind legs and
paved Intellectually through the bars. II
seemed as il he was trying to call the
keepers attention to the lamentaple fact
Evening star., 1914-07-05
CHILDREN ARE ATTRACTED BY TALELE pAANTs.
IHE ATT RAcTIVE
PEAToWI

who. d few generations back, must have
been turtle He was bowed until he
seemed bent double, and his neck was
the long, thin neck of the deep-sea mon
sters. He had a beAk for a nose and
his little eyes gave the uncomfortable
impression of having lids. He might
have been dead. for all the attention he
paid to passersby-
What was the fascination those turtles
had for him? Was 1t feeling of rela-
tionship, was the man honestly glad to
find something in faunal creation home
lier than he was?
Human nature is an inevitable lover of
that fine old phrase, Il amt as bad off
as he is. This must be the explanation
of the crowds which assail the cage of
the polar bears. for otherwise there is
no explanation at all.
Polar bears, as some may have heard,
are raised in a climate where the fearful
heat is complained of as soon as the
temperature rises above freezing. And
a summer in the temperate zone simply
dazes them. They spend the day mo-
tionless, save for their waggng heads,
Evening star., 1914-07-05
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RESCUE CAR OF BUREAU OF MINES

its lightened weight makes it a decided
and Invaluable acquisition to mine-rescue
paraphernala.
The reduction of the oxygen pressure
of 2,HN pounds to the square inch to the
proper amount needed by the rescue
worker has been accomplished by the in
vention of new type of valve. The sup
ply of oxygen Is regulated by the de-
mands of the wearer of the apparatus
and no oxygen goes to waste through a
relief valve, as in the devices now in
use.
The third new device to be given to
the use of the people is a collapsible mine
cage. which promises to be of greatest
value for use after a mine disaster, and
especially in cases where the mine cage
is damaged or SO entirely shattered by
explosions to be useless. In cases of
this kind the new cage will save many
hours of delay in the rescue work, and,
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justed as TO permit continuous flow OF
the expired air.
In the old apparatus the oxygen sup
ply was not regulated to meet the require
ments of the minute. IL provided oNysei
for periods of two hours, during Which
time man could enter poisonous gases
and work, but it was not so constructed
as to provide oxygen to sustain man
while running at top speed, as it Is often
necessary for them to do when WORKING
in a burning mine.
Still another advantage of the new ap-
paratus lies in the fact that 'hese de-
vices are simple with nothing ABOUT
them TO make them expensive and with
no royalties to be paid. The ADDED EN-
cheney is gained at reduction OF Two
thirds in cost. besides making the helmet
have his ewes and oars free. The new
apparatus has q mouthpiece, which with
Evening star., 1914-07-05
The Fatal Hours,

IRON 10000 deaths which occurred in
l asylum between 1899 and 1913
physicians are inclined to doubt the
ancient theory that the early morning
hours are the most fatal. The observe-
tons were made in patients of all ages
and under all conditions. and the result
shows that the early afternoon hours
included most of the deaths. The least
fatal hours were from to IL am.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
HOCGH mine dis

HOCGH mine dis
asters will doubt
less continue to oc-
cur from time 10
time 10 distress
the world with
their horrors, the
prospect is much
brighter for the
rescue of miners
and the safety of
mine rescue work
ers. Five new life
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saving devices have recently been in
vented and successfully demonstrated bv
the engineers of the United States bureau
of mines, and With their general adop-
tion by the mine operators of the coun-
try .nere is no doubt but that many dis
asters will be averted and all rescue work
greatly facilitated.
Though ali of these inventions are high
ly important and of great value both to
the miner and mine operator perhaps
the most important is the latest oxygen
apparatus c0ntrived 10: the use of miners
aid rescuers following disasters The
original apparatus is of German origin,
and cost 500. They are not only cum
bersone. weighing forty pounds. but ow-
ing TO the fact that three deaths have
occurred among rescuers wearing them
in the past year. they have been con-
sidered defective. AS this conviction grew
upon the officials of the bureau of mines
the matter was put in the hands of Will
liam 3. Gibbs consulting engineer of the
department, and several months of re-
search and experiment devoted to the
solution of the two problems which con-
fronted them
The absorption of the poisonous matter
of the breath in the apparatus was one
difficulty, and the reduction of the high
pressure of oxygen carried in the tanks
on the backs of the rescuers was an
other
The improved apparatus. just patented.
though following the original plan. is
lighter by twenty pounds in weight and
the caustic soda which is used in the ap-
paratus in taking up the poisonous ex-
halations Of the breath has been so ad-
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on the cage holds to the cable every
things is considered all right, but If he
should be overcome by gases and his
hold is released a circuit is immedi-
ately closed and a gong in the engine
house gives a sudden warning and the
cage is at once brought up. However,
now before rescuers are sent down into
a shaft q test lamp 10 lowered which
Evening star., 1914-07-05

Many and queer are the happenings of
day at the Zoo. One never can get
tired of the combination of animal and
human nature brought so closely to-
sether- Entering the grounds from the
eastern entrance one Sunday recently. a
crowd Of men and women were seen IN a
state OF violent agitation. while from be-
hind screen of trees and shrubs there
came sound of splashing punctuated
OCCASIONALLY by terrific and raucous roars
The general combination suggested a
man with asthma taking a bath in the
presence of a large and enthusiastic
audience
On turning the road which led around
the screen of trees there came into sight
first crowd. Some little time was re-
quired to edge in SO that the perform
ance might be viewed. But in the end 1t
was worth it, Two young seals. despis-
Ing all laws against Sunday sports. had
inausurated swimming race in their
little pool They were going around and
around at the speed of lightning until il
seemed certain that they would be at
tackled by vertigo or would spend their
remaining days in a lunatic asylum.
1t was difficult to tell who won-this
statement being appreciated when one
recalls the difficulty of finding the begin
ming and end of a circle. First one seal
would get good lead and then the other
would make short cut and gain whole
pace that would give a lazy man heart
failure in the watching.
But they weren't getting bit more
exercise than the crowd. People were
yelling and cheering them if they were
at the international yacht race.
I'm bettin' on the one with the stub
nose said a fat man. excitedly. as ne
famed himself with his hat He's got
the form. that fellow has,.
Not on your life. he hasn't. returned
an elderly man with whiskers. warmly.
The Australian crawl stroke of that
thin one is wonder. 1t is remarka Bile
truly remarkable,
y will bet. YOU. said the fat man.
producing a roll OF bills aggregating in
size the regular sunday newspaper
This is the Sabbath said the man
with whiskers. cautiously.
Cigars said the fat man. eagerly.
Three to one interrogated the be-
wh:snered one.
Surest thing you know. declared the
fat man. He was an optimist. There was
some difficulty in deciding where the race
should begin. as al that moment one seal
was on one side of the pool and the other
was on the other side and swimming in
opposite directions. Not only that. but
they had previously SHOWN a frivolous
inclination To reverse without giving no.
tice OF the change in performance.
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Picnics on the Grass
Carpeted Hills-Hu-
man Nature and Ami
NAL n a.ture-The
Man Who Knew All
About Kadiak Bears.
When the King Of
Beasts Was Grieved.
Queer Happenings of
a Day.

A ASHINGTOMANS
of all classes and
a good sprinkltng
of people living
outside the Dis
trict are throng-
ing to the Zoo
I h e s e days and
making the Sunday
picnic there one of
Washington's fore
most institutions.
1t Is doubtful if
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and the curved upright portion. of the
frame will serve to certain extent
guide shoes. This cage can be let
down by cable and is so constructed
IS to carry not only men. but such
supplies as their rescue work requires
in reaching .entembed miners and in
bringing men to the surface
Another simple but valuable device to
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even the big parks draw larger crowds
on Sundays than the National Zoo.
Whether it Is the JOY of beholding ami
mails that look as hot as the visitor feels,
or the vast reaches of the park, where
one can imagine he has at last discover
ed Arcady-leaving the city far behind
are matters of speculation and largely of
individual taste
There is mistake about the crowds.
They are there IN numbers that make
the individual feel the census man has
woefully sighted this city when he made
his last count. Children rolling down
the steep, grass-carpeted hill that slopes
from the main animal house: grown men
and women sitting cross-legged in seclud-
ed hooks while the earnest hard boiled
egg and the elusive jelly cake are as
simulated; throngs in the little rustic
iunchroon: a never-endfne procession
along the nacadam walks that wind In
and out in peaceful. restful aimlessness-
ali these things tell of the popularity
of the Zoo with Washingtonians
There isn't a place where human ma
ture- as we'll as animal nature is more
fully expressed than at the Zoo One
sometimes thinks that the animals on the
INSIDE must get quite much fun observ-
ing the visitors as the deeply interested
mass Of humanity that is looking from
the outside.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-07

assist them in this work. all of these
 forces have invited Prof. p. G. Hot
 den, director of the agricultural ex-
 tension department of the Interna
 tlonal Harvester company, and Mr.
 Holden will be here on the 9th with hls entire staff of fifteen practical agricultural men. He and all of his assistants will take part in the en- tire campaign. All Of the campaign CTS will use the Holden charts, which were used so effectively ill the work Tn Mississippi last spring. At a mass meeting of the business men of this and other cities several weeks ago MT. Holden said that Arkansas could be made one of the richest states in the South if the people in every curn- munlty would diversity their crops. get more livestock, use measure to prevent hog cholera and build more dipping vats to get rid of the cattle ticks. He showed that with this fine climate, winter pastures and good ralnfall there was no better stock section in the country than Arkansas.
 The campaign in Jefferson county Will be on Wednesday and Thursday When meetings will be held in al parts of that county. Jefferson was one of the first to take up the work, and reports from there indicate that bankers and farmers asa cooperating.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-07
CHRISTMAS SHIP.
yesterday Last Day on Which Pres. ents Received for Little
 War Victims,

New York, Nov. 6.-Today is the G last on which gifts for the Santa oiaus ship will be received at the var aous receiving stations and depots. me u s. s. Jason, designated by Sec Ietary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to act the part of gift bearer to the poys and girls of the European war avne, will sail from this part prob aoly on the 10th, but surely not later tnan the 18th of the month. Many silts nave been received from other cltles, and several other states are represented T among the contributors. me donations will be assorted at rler l, New York city; arranged ac- eorolng to destination and then plac- ea on board the Jason. Warm cloth mls mas been received in great quanti- ues for both the women and children .! the warning countries, and rthe sll's range from small wooden init M tens right up to complete sets of clothlng. Hundreds of the gifts are accompanied by small written mes- sases, some from the children who ssht them, some from the grown folk VI mho have been greatly interested. lnese personal touches will undoubt- ny II add much to the pleasure of, 'uose Who receive the presents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-07
ADJUSTMENTS. All advance notices furnished by
 Theatres.
ORPHEO THEATRE.

'Bootles' Baby" two-part Edison feature, is an adaptation of the cele- Dfated novel by John Strange Winter. Robert Conness has the leading role and is supported by fine cast of payers, including Herbert Prior, Ma Die Trunnelle, Bliss Milford and Will liam Betchel.
 A fathers dislike to his own child causes Gllchrist to leave his daughter in Bootles' care, and the incidents that follow make a most romantic story that is charmingly told. The story deals with English army life amongst the officers and the regimental race is feature, likewise the spill when Gil- chrlst's horse stumbles and the ony obstacle to Bootles' complete happf-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-07
Farmers and Business Men Throughout State Work
 ing Energetically.
BEGINS NEXT MONDAY
State- Wide Movement Will Be Started With Big Meeting at Little Rock. Jefferson Campaign Wednesday
 and Thursday.

Little Rock, Nov. 6.-The most ex- tensive agricultural campaign in the history of the South will begin a1 Lit ia Rock next Monday, November 9, with a meeting of leading merch- ants, farmers, bankers and profes sional men from all over the state and various parts of the South. Governor Hays has sent invitations to all governors of the co, ton belt states to be present at this meeting.
 On the following day forty cam paigners will start out through Pu- laski county in which seventy-fivc meetings are scheduled on farms. at school houses and in towns. The campaign will be kept up steadily until the middle of December, about thirty five counties being covered with from twenty-five to forty farm school and town meetings in each county. This campaign will be very much similar to the one that took nlace in Mississippi last spring, which lasted three weeks. The main Topics will be diversified farming and live stock raising.
 Statistics gathered by tine advance men show that most of the counties In the sta;'e are sending North every month thousands of dollars for meats butter and eggs. canned goods and mixed feeds. With a $62,OOO,OOO col ton crop in 1913 this state sent s63.- O00,O00 to o'her states for the neces- sities of life.
 "Let Arkansas feed herself" will be the slogan in all of the counties i'7- cluded in the campaign. Hundreds of farmers and business men are arous- ed to the necessity of stopping this great outflow of money by breaking away from the exclusive raising of cc'ton and going into diversificati ton and livestock raising. Many of the leading men here in Little Rock and in other cities believe that diversified farming and the raising of more poultry, hogs and cattle is the only solution oi the cotton situation. In some of the northern counties. where diversified farming is already ex- tensively practiced, people have far more money in the banks and there IS Idr leSS CreulC oXLeuQeQ than Tn InG cotton counties.
 Cooperating in the campaign ars the Arkansas agents of the Unit atl States department of agriculture state college of agricul ure, the dis trict agricultural schools, superin. tendent of public instruction. com. missioner of agriculture, bankers as SCciatiOn iOhhnrS, association trou cling mems association. and the Iron Mountain Rock Island, Cotton Belt and other railroads in the state. Tc
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-07
BEST THEATRE TO-DAY.

"The Ticket-ofLeav Man. the stirring old melodrama by Tom Fay Tor, is presented by star Biograph company in a most excellent two-reel photo drama. It tells of the convic- tion of an innocent man by crook named Dalton; of tha innocent mans sentence and suffering; of his release on a ticket-of-leave of his rightfui living and honest work; of the crooks efforts to ensnare him again; of the clever work of the famous de- tective, Hawkshaw, and the bringing to justice of the guilty man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-07
LIVERPOOL COTTON
 EXCHANGE IS OPEN
June Opens at 4.40d ~a snd Closes at 4.34-spot in Fair Demand.

.,,ornooI Nov. 6.-Spot in fair de- L s. American middling fair, 5.79d; Tnau' ,oiddling. 4.O3d; middling, 4.64d; w soou niddling, 4.03d good ordinary, LOW nssa. ordinary, 2s4d; sales, 5000 ,,,,os I,J1s including 5,2SO bales American C'l,y soo hales for speculation and ex- anu anu receipts, 9,433 bales, all Amer l0sn, .l.v-June delivery opened at 4.40d; and c'osed at 4.94d.
 an. enof sales made late yesterday .ore Tp : 800 bales, including $500 bales M The Cotton exchange will open at 4 m until further notice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-07

''The Tragedy That Lived" is fine Selig drama featuring Kathlyn Will Hams and Charles Clary, those most popular players. This is beautiful and artistic production with a tense story of love ending in tragedy.
 Vengeance of Winona." featuring Princess Mona Darkfeather, in an h. dian drama.
 Monday, The Million Dollar Mys- tery"