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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
TO HAVE JOINT CAMPS.

Little Rock, March 2S.-The Divi-
sion of Militia Affairs, of the War De-
partment, has notified the headquar-
tiers of the Arkansas National Guard,
that joint camp will be held by the
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas Guard
sometime during the coming summer.
The time and place will be designated
by the Commander of the Southern
Department., Tasker H. Bliss, now at
Fort Sam Houston.
Arkansas has been allotted $4,000
with which to baer it's proportion of
the expense. 1t is not known what
proportion of the two regiments can
be taken, as this will depend upon
the length of the encampment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
Kickapoo Worm Killer Expels Worms

The cause of your child's ills-The
foul, fetid, offensive breath-The
starting up with terror and grinding
of teeth while asleep-The sallow
complexion-The dark circles under
the eyes-All are indications of
worms. Kickapoo Worm Killer is
what your child needs; it expels the
worms the cause of your child's un-
healthy condition. For the removal
of seat, stomach and pin worms,
Kickapoo Worm Killer gives sure re-
lief. Its laxative effect adds tone to
the general syst|e Supplied as a
candy Observation-Disclosures like it.
Safe and sure relief. Guaranteed.
Buy box today. Price Csc. All
Druggists or by mail. 9
kickapOo Indian Med. Co, Phila. or
st. Louis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
(The Downtown church,
Rev. James Thomas, Pastor.

X Sunday school at $50 a. III.
Morning services with sermon by
the pastor at 1880 a. m. especially
addressed to the young people of the
city. All young men and women not
belonging to some other church are
urged to attend this service.
Junior League at p. m.
Senior League devotional at $50
p. m.
Evening services by the pastor at
1870 p. M.
A cordial welcome is extended to
all to attend these services. Goood
music.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
plain Truth That's Worth Money.

Using Foley's Honey and Tar for a
cough or cold may save you both
sickness and money. r. f. Monahan
Menomonie, Wis. says: II am ex-
posed to all kinds of weather and
find Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound always fixes me up in good
shape when | catch cold or have a
bad cough. recommend II gladly
Refuse substitutes. Seawell's Phar-
macy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29

J. J. Wolford, of Stuttgart was in
the city yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
Trinity Church (EpiscOpaD

The usual services will be held on
Sunday
Holy Communion, a. m.
Sunday school, 945 a. m.
Morning prayer, litany, and sermon,
II a. m.
Evening prayer and sermon 1880
p. m.
Weekday Lenten services at 4 p.
M, except on Thursday when the
service is held at 7:45 p. m. The
Reverend Howard M. Ingham, rector
of st. Johns Church Camden, will be
the preacher Thursday night. At the
conclusion of this service the vestry-
men will hold their regular monthly
meeting.
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AT THE .
} CHURCHES I
J r. = 4 = = = = = = + = + .
Carr Memorial Church.

Corner Sixth and Dakota street.
M. o. Barnett, pastor.
Sunday school, $50 a. M, w. B.
Hicks, superintendent.
Preaching at II a. m. and 1880 p
M, by the pastor.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 1880.
Epworth League Friday evening at
7:15.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
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First Church of Christ Scientist

10S Pine street.
Services Sunday II a. M, Sunday
and Wednesday evenings p. IN.
Subject, Reality"
Sunday school 10 a. m.
Reading room open daily except
Sunday and holidays from 100 to 4
p. m. Visitors welcome.
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Lutheran Church.

East Sixth avenue and Florida
street. w. c. Schrader, pastor.
English Sunday school, $3.50 a. m.
German service, 10:45 a. M.
English Lenten service, 1880 p. m.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to attend these services.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
STOCKHOLDERS, nEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Pine Bluff Compress
and Warehouse Co., of Pine Fluff,
Ark, will be held at rooms OF Cham
Der OF Commerce, April Is, 1914, at
10 a. H., for the purpose of electing
officers to serve f0r the ensuing
year, and for transacting any other
business properly brought before said
meeting.
ALEX STRAUSS. Secy.
Pine Puff, Ark. March Is. 1914.
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Lakeside. Methodist Church.


Corner 10Th Avenue and Olive
street. r. r. Moore, pastor.
$50 a. M, Sunday school; j. H
Watkins, superintendent.
HOO a. M, Preaching by the pastor
Special music will be prepared by
the choir.
$50 p. NJ, Epworth League.
7:45 p. M, Preaching by the pas
tor.
300 p. M, Monday, in the Sunday
school auditorium of the Lakeside
Methodist church, the ladies will hold
their social service. All the ladies
of the church and their friends are
cordially invited to attend.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
0hio Street Baptist Church.

Services Sunday morning; subject
Sealing of the Holy Spirit,
Night, subject, Conviction Of the
Holy Spirit"
At the morning service by request
Oscar Lagle will sing solo, "Seal
Us, O Holy Spirit"
Sunday school, 9:45 a. M.
B. Y. P. u, 6:4o y. M.
Everybody invited.
VIM. Kelly, pastor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
First Christian Church.

Rev. G. G.. Cline, pastor.
The Rev. Mr.. Fenton, state secre-
tary of the Christian EAdeavor of
Kansas, will fill the pulpit at the
morning service. The pastor will
speak at the evening services on
Another Chance After Death"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
At First Baptist Church.

Rev. F. p. Turner, of Little Rock,
will occupy the pulpit at the First
Baptist Church Sunday. Rev. Turner
is powerful preacher, and his pres
ence should bring out large num-
Der.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29

The Church of Christ
1O8 South Walnut street.
Bible school GAS a. m. Lesson
subject, Jesus the Great Teacher"
The Lords Supper II a. m.
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by runners and tubers, and that Kind
of outsrowth. That is easily explained.
The puzzle il. what are the flowers fort
Very likely" he added. my orchid may
be something extraordinary in that way.
II 90. i shall study It have often
thought Of making researches as Darwin
did. But hitherto have not found the
time. or something else has happened to
prevent It. The leaves are beginning to
unfold now. do wish you would come
and see them"
But she said that the orchid house was
SO hot It gave her the headache. She had
seen the plant once again. and the aerial
rootiets. which were now some Of them
more than foot long. had unfortunately
reminded her of tentacles reaching out
after something; and they got into her
dreams, growing after her with incredi-
BILE rapidity. So that she had settled to
her entire satisfaction that she would not
see that plant again. and wedderburn
had to admire its leaves alone.
They were Of the ordinary broad form.
and deep glossy green. with splashes
and dots of deep red toward the base He
knew of no other leaves quite like them.
The plant was placed on q low bench
near the Thermometer. and close by was
simple arrangement by which a tap
dripped on the hot-water pipes and kept
the air steamy. And he spent his after
moons now with some regularity medi-
tating on the approaching Towering of
this strange plant
And at last the great thing happened.
Directly he entered the little glass house
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he know that the spike had burst out a.
though his great Psiaeonophis Lowii hit
the corner where his new darling stood
There was . new odor In the air. rich
intensely .weet scent. that overpowersd
every other in that crowded. steamins 1T
tie greenhouse.
Directly he noticed this he hurried down
to the strange orchid. And. behoid! the
trailing green spikes bore now three
great spIashes of blossom. from which
this overpowering sweetness proceeded.
He stopped before them in an ecstasy
Of admiration.
The flowers were white. with streaks Of
golden orange upon the petals. The
heavy labeIlum was coiled into an in
tricate projection, and wonderful blush
purple mingled there with the gold. He
could see at once that the genus was al
togethef-a new one. And the insunerable
scent! How hot the place was! The
blossoms swan before his eyes.
He would see II the temperature was
right. He made a step toward the ther-
mometer. Suddenly everything appeared
unsteady. The bricks on the floor were
dancing up and down. Then the white
blossoms. the green leaves behind them.
the whole greenhouse, seemed to sweep
sideways. and then in q curve upward.
At 40 his cousin made the tea, accord
ing to their invariable custom. But Wed
derburn did not come in for his tea.
He is worshiping that horrid orchid"
she told herself. and waited ten minutes.
His watch must have stopped. viii
60 and call him.
She went straight to the hothouse. and.
opening the door. called his name. There
was no reply. She noticed that the ar
was very close and loaded with an intense
perfume. Then she saw somsthins lying
on the bricks between the hot-water
pipes.
For q minute. perhaps. she stood mo-
tionless.
He was lying. face upward. at the foot
Of the strange orchid. The tentacle-like
aerial rootlets no longer swayed freely
in the air. but were crowded together, q
tangie of gray ropes, and stretched tight
with their ends closely applied to his chin
and neck and hands
She did not understand. Then she saw
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ried twice and divorced once; he had
had malariai fever four times. and oncs
he broke his thigh. He killed . Malay
once. and once he was wounded by
poisoned dart. And In the end he wa)
killed by jungle Ieeches It must have III
been very troublesome. but then 1t must
have been very interesting. you know
except, perhaps, the leechea-"
1T am sure it was not good for him."
said the lady with conviction.
Perhaps not" And then Wedderpurn
looked at his watch '.Twenty-thres min
utes past eight. / am going up by the
quarter of twelve train. so that there is
plenty of time. 1 think I shall wear my
alpaca jacket-it il quite warm enough
and my gray felt hat and brown shoes.
suppose"
He glanced out Of the window at rhc
serene sky and sunlit garden. and then
nervously at his cousins face.
.I think you had better take an um-
breIla II you are going to London" she
said in a voice that admitted Of no de-
nial. There's all between here and the
station coming back"
When he returned he was In q state Of
mild excitement. He had made pur-
chase. 1t was rare that ne. could make
I'D his mind quickly enough to buy. but
this time he had done so.
There are vandas." he said. and q
Dendrobe and some Palaeonophis." He
surveyed his purchases lovingly as he
consumed his soup. They were laid out
on the spotless tablecloth before him.
and he was telling his cousin all about
them as he slowly meandered through his
dinner 1t was his custom to live all his
visits to London over again in the even
ing for her and his own entertainment
IT knew something would happen to-
day. And I have bought all these. Some
Of them-some OF them-I feel sure. do
you know, that some Of them will be
remarkable. I don't know how it is. but
I feel just as sure as IL some one had
told me that some of thes. will turn out
remarkable.
THAT one''-he pointed to shriveled
rhizome-"was not identified. It may be
q Palaeonophis-or it may not. 1t may
be . new species. or even new genus.
And it was the last that poor Batten
ever collected"
Il don't like the look Of it." said his
housekeeper. It's such an ugly shape"
ITO me it scarcely seems to have a
shape
II don't like those things that stick
out" said his housekeeper.'
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THE STRANGE
ORCHID

| cred he was having wonderfully event
full time. In the evening he would tall
about these new orchids to his friends
and over and over again he reverted {,
his expectation Of something strange
| Several Of the vsndas and the Den
drobium died under his care. but present
ly the strange orchid began to show
signs Of life. He, was delighted. am
took his housekeeper right away from
jam making to ses 1t at once. directl,
he made the discovery.
That is bud" he said. "and presently
there will be q lot Of leaves there. and
those little things coming out here ar,
aerial rootlets."
They look to me like little white I'm.
gers pokinS out of the brown. dom
like them" said his housekeeper.
why notr'
Il don't know. They look like finger,
trying to get at you. I can't help my
likes and ydislikes."
II don't know for certain. sbut I don't
think there are any orchids I know that
have aerial rootiets quite like that. I,
may be my fancy. of course. You ses
they are . little nattened At the ends"
II don't like EN-" said his housekeeper.
suddenly shiverine and turning away. a
know it's very silly Of me-and I'm very
sorry. particularly a. you like the thing
20 much. But I can't help thinking of
that corpse"
But 1t may not be that particular
plant That was merely guess Of mine. '
His housekeeper shrugged her shoulders.
Anyhow. 1 don't like it." she said.
wedderburn felt . little hurt at her
dislike to the plant But that did not
prevent his talking to her about orchids
generally. and this orchid in particular.
whenever he felt inclined.
There are such queer things about
Orchids" he said one day; such possi-
bilities of surprises: You know. Darwin
studied their fertilization. and showed
that the whole structure of an ordinary
orchid flower was contrived In order that
moths might carry the pollen from plant
to plant. Well. it seems that there are
lots Of orchids known the flower Of which
cannot possibly be used for fertilization
in that way. Some Of the cypripediums.
for instance; there are no insects known
that can possibly fertilize them, and some
of them have never been found with
seed"
But how do their form new plants?'
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tOopyrsht. Ml)

tCopyrishf lsll)
TIE buying of orchids always has II
it a certain speculative nAvor. You
have before you the brown shriv
sled lump of tissue, aud for the rest yor
must trust your Judgment. or the auc-
tioneer. or your good luck. As your TASTE
may incline. The plant may be mori.
bund or dead. or it may be just a respec.
table purchase. fair value for your mon.
ey. or perhaps-for the thing has hap.
pened again and again-there slowly un.
folds before the delighted eyes of the
happy purchaser. day after day. some
new variety. some novel richness. a
strange twist Of the labellum or some
subtler coloration or unexpected mimicry
Pride. beauty, and profit blossom togeth.
sr on one delicate green spike. and. II
may be, even immortality. For the new
miracle of nature may stand in need OF
q new specific name. and what % con-
venient as that Of the discoverer? John
smithia!" There have been worse names
1t was perhaps the hope Of some such
happy discovery that made Winter Wed
derburn such q frequent attendant at
these sales-that hope, and also. maybe.
the fact that he had nothing else of the
slightest interest to do In the world. He
was a shy, lonely, rather Intellectual man.
provided with just enough income to keep
of the spur Of necessity, and not enough
nervous energy to make him seek any
exacting employmentA He might have
collected stamps or coins, or translated
Horace, or bound books. or invented new
species Of diatoms But, as it happened.
he grew orchids, and had one ambitious
little hothouse.
'I have a fancy" he said over his co.,
fee, that something is going to happen
to me today" He spoke-as he moved
and thought-slowly.
"oh, don't say THAR, said his house
keeper-who was also his remote cousin.
For something happening" was a
euphemism that meant only one thing
to her.
You misunderstood me. I mean moth
ing unpleasant-though what I do mean
scarcely know.
Today" he continued after a pause,
Peters are going to sell batch Of
plants from the Andamans and the In
have. 1t may be I shall buy something
good unawares. That may be It."
He passed his cup for his second help
ing of coffee.
Are these the things collected by that
poor young fellow you told me Of the
other day?" asked his cousin as she filled
his cup
Yes" he said. and became meditative
over a piece of toast.
Nothing ever does happen to me-" he
marked presently. beginning to think
aloud. 81 wonder why: Things enough
happen to other people. There Is Har-
vey Only the other week, on Monday,
he picked up sixpence, on Wednesday his
chicks all had the staggers. on Friday
his cousin came home from Australia.
and on Saturday he broke his ankle
What a whirlwind of excitement-com-
pared to mel"
'T think I would rather be without SO
much excitement" said his housekeeper
.1t can't be good for you"
81 suppose it's troublesome. stiIl-you
see. nothing ever happens to me. When
I was little boy I never had accidents
i never fell in love as grew up. Never
married-I wonder how 1t feels to have
something happen to you, something
really remarkable.
That orchid collector was only thirty
years younger than yourself
when he died. And he had been mar
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.It shall be put away In Dot tomor-
! row."
1T looks" said the housekeeper. like .
spider shamming dead
wedderburn smiled end surveyed the
root with his head on one side. TT Ii
certainly not . pretty lump Of stun.
But you can never Judge Of these things
from their dry appearance. II may turn
out to be . very beautiful orchid indeed.
How busy I shall be tomorrow! I must
see tonight Just exactly what to do with
these things. and tomorrow shall set to
work.
'They found poor Batten dead or dy-
in q mansrove swamp forget which. "
he began again presently, with one of
these very orchids crushed under his
body. He had been Ill for some days
with some kind of native fever. and /
suppose he tainted. These mangrove
swamps are very unwholesome Every
drop Of blood they say. was taken out
of him by the jungle leeches. It may bs
that very plant that cost him his life to
obtain"
'I think none the better Of 1t for that -
Men must work though women may
weep" said wedderburn. with profound
gravity.
Fancy dying away from every COM
fort in nasty swamp! Fancy being I'll
of fever with nothing to take but chloro-
dyns and quinine-if men were left to
themselves they would live on chloro-
dyne and quinine-and no one round but
horrible nativesl They say the Andaman
islanders are most disgusting wretches-
and. anyhow. they can scarcely make
good nurses. not having the necessary
training. And just for people in England
to have orchids!'
IT don't suppose it was comfortable.
but some men seem to enjoy that kind of
thing" said wedderburn. Anyhow. the
natives Of his party were sufficiently CIV
ilixed to take care Of all his collection
until his colleague, who was an ornitholo-
gist. came back again from the interior;
though they could not tell the species
Of the orchid and had let IT wither And
1t makes these things more interesting"
TT makes them disgusting. I should
be sfraid Of some Of the malaria clinging
to them. And. Just think. there has
been . dead body lying across that ugly
thing! never thought Of that before.
There! declare cannot eat another
mouthful Of dinner"
II will take them OF the table IL you
like and put them in tho window seat. I
can see them just as wen there"
Tho next few days he was indeed sin
gularly busy in his steamy little ho.-
house, fussing about with charcoal, Jumps
of teak. mos. and all the other myster-
les Of the orchid cultivator. He consid-
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from under one Of the erultant tent.cle,
upon his cheek there trckied a little
thread Of blood.
With an inarticuIate cry she ran tox.,d
him. and tried to pull him away from
the leech-iike suckers. She snapped tva
Of these tentacIes, and their san dr,,n.a
red.
Then the overpowerine scent a, g..
blossoms began to make her head r..,
How they cluns to him, She tor. a, ~.
tough ropes. and he and the whit. In
horescence swan about her. She felt an.
was faintins knew she must M, a..
left him and hastily opened the n..,..
door. and, after she had painted ,or
moment In the fresh air. she had a bril-
liant inspiration. She caught up . s,
er pot and smashed in the vindov, :.
the end Of the greenhouse. Then .b. -
entered. She tugsed now with rensv.d
strength at wedderburn's motionl...
body. and brought the strange orchid
crashing to the floor. It still cluns with
the srimmest tenacity to its victim. In
a frenzy. she Iugsed it and him into the
open air.
Then she thought of tearing through
the sucker rootlets one by one, and in
another minute she had released him and
was dragging him away from the horror.
He was white and bleeding from a doz-
en- circular patches.
The odd-job man was coming I'D the
garden, amazed at the smashing of glass.
and saw her emerge. hauling the inani-
mate body with red-stained hands. For
a moment he thought impossible things.
Bring some waterr she cried, and her
voice dispelled his fancies When. with
unnatural alacrity. he returned with the
water, he found her weeping with excite
ment. and with wedderburn's head up
on her knee. wiping the blood from his
face.
What's the NATTER" said wedderburn.
opening his eyes feebly. and closing them
again At once.
Go and tell Annie to come out here to
me. and then go for DR.. Haddon at
once" she said to the odd-job man so
soon as he brought the water; and added,
seeing he hesitated. Il VIII tell you all
about it when you come back"
Presently wedderburn opened his eyes
again. and. seeing that he was troubled
by the puzzle Of his position. she e1-
planned to him, you tainted in the hot
house"
And the orchidr"
"T will see to that" she said.
Wedderburn had lost a good deal Of
blood. but beyond that he had suffered
no very great injury. They gave him
brandy mixed with some pink extract Of
meat. and carried him upstairs to bed.
His housekeeper told her incredible story
In fragments to DR.. Haddon. Come to
the orchid house and see." she said.
The cold outer air was blowing in
through the open door. and the sickly
perfume was almost dispened- Most Of
the torn aerial rootiets lay already with
cred amid number Of dark stains upon
the bricks. The stem Of the infores-
cence was broken by the fall Of the plant.
and the flowers were growing limp and
brown at the edges Of the petals. The
doctor stopped toward II, then saw that
one Of the aerial rootlets still stirred
teebly, and hesitated-
The next morning the strange orchid
still lay there. black now and putrescent.
The door banged intermittinsly In the
breeze, and all the array Of
orchids was shriveled and
PROSTATE.
But wedderburn himself was bright
and garrulous upstairs in the story OF
his strange adventure.