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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-02

LOST--GOLD FRATERNITY IPIN With five arms. Set with ppa1 and rubies., Finder please retur
 to Ben Mathews, care this Office and receive reward S-29-f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-02
. LOnis Live Stock,

iE!nn:I.i .lSto Louis Live Stock. - ,,;;ii.St. ,Epuis. Sept. 1.-tHogs-ReceiNs 4, ,R3AgMS steady; pigs ahd lights, $7.250 a:9S; I1ixed and butclefsy $7 7,6o@7.S5; Rhoas,H ayies, ~$$f 8v@f 50. ''5s. :, ,sr < Receipts, <: 6,0oQ;; E steady aaatfxH beef stesrs, s7::50 o 10.0o; yearl- in HHeefs and 11eifers, $S.50@1O.00; cows 4$6.00@S.00; stockers and feed CTS, $6.00@S.25; Texas and Indian ste rs, $o.25@S.S5; COWS and heifers
 Sheep-Receipts, 2,S00; lower j; la1q1k $S.00@9.00; sheep and eaos, $5.50M7.30
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-02
St, LOuis Grain,
St. Louis Produce.

ssI: Loa1s ssept. 1.-oultry-Un: m @ngeds.tH F Hs s s 4, sH F'.. /
 Butt Unchanged! >j..~- { Ssys Iigs-pachanged.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03

,a The downfall of the Juarez government In
MeXico seems to be only question of
time. and only very limited time at that
In wreck on the railway line between Chat
tanooga and Atlanta, seven lives were lost It
Of the new officials Of the road to run fast
trains before the repairs to tho roadbed mado
necessary by too much army uses, had been
completed "A coroner's jury may call these
officials to account
The Baltimore American tells us that a grand
Jury OF the United States District Court has
brought In indictments against General Brad
icy i. Johnson, Henry q. Gilmore John G.
with treason General Bradley Johnson is in
Richmond and ready to answer any charge that
any jury may bring against him The other
gentlemen mentioned in tho Indictment are
supposed to be somewhere In Maryland. and
presumably ready as General Johnson
10 answer to tho charge.
dispatch from Memphis to a washington
paper says General Marcus j. Wright and Col
arrested In the city by an official calling him
SELF marshal OF the United States. The
arrested readily gave bond and were released
The fees charged up by the marshall" amount
ed to s107l4 Perhaps this fee bill was the
whole secret of the arrest"
The Ninety Eighth New York Regiment vol
unteers. which has been duty In and about
this city for months. has been duly mus
tered out of service. and all day yesterday the
men of the command getting ready to
march away to home
The Richmond and Danville Railroad officials
announce that by consent OF the United States
government they will. in the future as
ming from Danville to Greensboro ~ c. and
that trains heretofore running from Richmond
to Danvtlle will be scheduled on through to
Greensboro without change of at Danville
The Richmond Theater Building Is closed for
the present, undergoing repairs The walls are
being painted. the stage is being enlarged and
other improvements are being made. The man.
agement thinks there will be great business
the coming fall and winter. the people are
beginning to have little money spend for
amusement. and after very long strain, they
need amusement as perhaps they need no other
thing.
Just to show how little some papers know:
a London paper announces that General Rob
ert r. Lee is In Germany in consultation with
the King Of Prussia" A Liverpool paper of
about the same date General Lee late
commander of all OF the forces OF the South.
ern section Of the United States, Is soiournInr
in mining town in Wales and in disguise is
doing good business conducting n nine-pin al
ley. The fact is, as all OF us here In Virginia
know. General Lee In Richmond since the
surrender until about the middle OF July when
he went to Cumberland County. and a few DAYS
ago he went to Lexington assume the duties
OF president Of the Washington University 10
which position he had hcen unanimously elect
ed by the board OF trustees.
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Corrupting China

Do the Filipino girls who recently
visited China, and whose basketball
playing won them popular acclaim,
realize that they are an insidious dan
gor to tho land of CONTIGUOUS? Do
they know that their visit to President
Yuan Shih-ka has much per-
turbed a Chinese student OF affairs
that he sees therein the shadow OF
impending doom?
The Far East. q weekly published
in Tokyo, quotes this student. and
gives the association of ideas in his
mind 8 follows: China has unique
civilization which IL is here most SOL
emn duty TO preserve free from tho
corruption OF the material West. She
can easily do this. Political adven-
turers may come and go, Japan may
march her armies over the land and
seize provinces, hut the soul of China
remains undeiled. Tho corruptinS
ideaa OF the West cannot enter tho
minds Of the people by these means.
But for the highest dignitary of the
State to countenancc an American
AsiatIc product, represented by a
group OF Oriental girls who have been
trained in un-Oriental ways--here is
an insidious attack on the Chinese
national life"
AS Harvard student remarked on
famous occasion: Isn't that too
darned bad!"--Maniln Times
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Precious Stones in 1914

The total value of the output OF pre-
cious and scmiprecious stones in tho
lhitc8 states In 1914 is reported by D.
-. Sterrett, OF the United States Geo
logical Survey. AT sl2i.65l. The de.
manh Tor gems at the Panama Pacific
Exposition resulted in an increased pro-
auction OF turquoise and turquoise mat
riN. tho production in 1914 being 1890
as compared with SS,075 in 1913. These
gems have long been popular in the
tourist trade in tho West.
No discoveries OF unusually fine de-
posts of gem minerals were made in
1913, but few prospects for the less
valuable gems were found. Among
these were pink heryl in the quarry OF
tbs Maine Fcldspar Co. on Mount Apa-
tte. near Auburn. Me; amazon stone
variety of feldSpar. near Lone Pine
Cal. White Plains. y. Y. and on tho
coast Of Maine; sunstone in the Apache
Indian Reservation OF Arizona. and tur-
quoise deposits in Lander and Eureka
Counties. Nevada.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03
Ono OF the Days Best Cartoons.

that or cedar. but far more com
pressed. IL wac doubtless u graceful.
sharply conical tree. twenty or thirty
feet high. with dense, horizontal
swept the ground, Like the young
trees OF to-day, the ancient sequois
and tho ciump OF trees OF similar age
which grow so close TO il must have
been charming adornmcnt OF tho
landscape. by the time OF Marathon
the trees had lost the hard sharp lines
or youth, and were thoroughly ma
turc. The lower branches had disap-
pcared. M to a height OF 100 feet
OR more; the giant trunks were dis
closed as bare. reddish columns COW
cred with soft bark six inches or a
loot In thickness: the upper branches
had acquired slightly dropping as
pect; and the spiny foliage. far re-
moved from the ground. had assumed
graceful, rounded appearance Then
Tor centuries. through the days of
rome, the Dark Ages and all the period
or growth Of European civilization. the
ancient giants preserved the same an
pearhncc. strong ana solid. but with
!. strangely attractive. approachab!c
quality"
The sequoias are found scattered all
over the park. which has an area OF
lhl.o9f acres. but the crater trees arc
gathered in thirteen groups OF many
acres each, where they grow close to-
Gcther.
Some Of tho Measurements.
me following IS = list o! few Of
me principal trees, with their names
height and diameter:
General sherman. height. o79s feet;
diameter. 36.5
Abraham Lincoln. height. go feet;
diameter, 3 feet
William Mckinley, height. POI fect:
diameter, IS feet
Dalton. height, 2De feet; diameter, 81
California, height. eco feet. diameter,
30 feet.
General Grant. height. &c. feet: d.,
ame,er, 81 feet
George Washington. height. ss5 feet;
diameter. 20 feet
1he general country is one of tho
most beautiful in America. Astounding
In splendid streams, noble valleys
striking ridges and towering noun
talns. Some Of the best trout rshirg
IN the world is found here. The mark
ls the home OF the celebrated Golden
trout. which Is found nowhere else in
such perfection o! color.
These mountains and valleys form
literally one Of the most available
pleasure spots on tho continent 1t lis
easily Travelled, and aoounds In nne
camping grounds The water is drink
able in all streams. Aside from the
scquoihs. the largest, oldest, tailest and
most valuable forest trees are found
here There are forests of pine. fur
cedar and many dcciduous trces thai
are fairly royal. There are many
shrubs. wild flowers, ferns and mosses
or wonderful luXurianCe and beauty.
II liz park OF birds.
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Creation Of New Industries

INVESTIGATIONS now being made by the
l Department of Commerce promise to result
in the creation of new industries in America
Many manufactures have been dependent on
importations for essential elements of their
product, notably chemical supplies. To n
large extent, these importations have been
from Germany. and, with tho blockade of
German ports complete, the supply has been
entirely cut off.
Reports OF experts, which form the basis
Of the Investigations, point out that the raw
material from which nearly all these ele-
ments are recovered is at our own hands, re-
curing only scientific handling to be OF COM
mercial value. Potash, for example, Of which
millions Of dollars worth IS imported every
year from Germany. is. according to the in
vestigators, lying in vast quantities in the
kep of our coast.
If the stoppage of these supplies shall
awake American industry to further realiza-
ton of it's opportunities, the i'll wind Of the
Var will have blown n greater good to this
country than the increase of its trade with
South America.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03

The Sequola National Park. which
lies many miles south OF Yosemite.
was created to preserve, for the use
and pleasure OF the people OF the
United States. by far the greatest
groves of tho oldest the biggest and
the most remarkable trees living In
the world. They number rS66,000. OF
these, $4,000 exceed ten feet I'm diane
ter The General Sherman tree. most
celebrated OF all, is 279.s feet high
with n diameter OF 3s5 feet. The Alb
raham Lincoln tree is go feet high.
with Il diameter of 81 feet. Tho Will
liam Mckinley treo is 29l feet high
with n diameter OF % feet.
The General Grant National Park
is usually mentioned with Scquoia
because. though separated by six miles
OF mountain and forest the two are
practically tho same national park. 1t
contains only 1856 acres and was
created only for the protection or tho
General Grant tree. monster sepuoia
264 feet high and thirty-fye feet In
diameter. But General Grant shares
his domain with distinguished neigh
bors. notably the George Washington
tree. which is only nine feet less In
height and six feet less in diameter
Oidcst OF Living Things.
Tho scQuoias are the oldest living
things in this world. They are tho
connecting link" writes Ellsworth
Huntington, between the ancient East
and the modern West.
Three thousand fence posts. sum
cient to supper Ia wire fence around
5000 or 5000 acres, have been made
from one of these giants. and tina, was
only the first step toward using its
huge carcass. Six hundred and nifty
thousand shinglcs. enough To cover
the roofs OF seventy eighty houses,
formed the second Item of its product.
Finally there still remained hundreds
OF cords Of fire wood which no one
could use because OF the prohibitivc
expense OF hauling the wood out Of
tho mountains. Tho upper third of
the trunk and all the branches lie on
the ground where they fell not visibly
rotting. for the wood is wonderfully
enduring, but simply waiting till some
foolish camper shall light n dcvastat-
Ing nre.
Huge az the scquoias are. their
size is scarcely so wonderful as their
age. A tree that has lived 800 years
is still in It's early youth; one that
has rounded out 1000 summers and
winters is only in full maturity: and
old age, the three score years and ten
OF the sequoias, does not come for
seventeen or eighteen centuries.
Growing before Exodus.
How old the oldest trees may be
Is not yet certain. but j have counted
tho rings of seventy-nlne that were
over 1000 years Of age, OF three that
were over 5000 and OF one that was
$3.50.
in the days OF tho Trojan war and
Of tho exodus OF tho Hebrews from
Egypt this oldest tree was sturdy
sapling, with sttff. prickly foliage like
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Exempt From One Burden

there is one feature OF her government on
which Virginia is entitled to plume herself
lie compassonating her sister Common
salths, it is that she is not cursed by the
homaly and anachronism OF county govern
ment within city, or city government within
the Jurisdictional limits of a county
From this relic OF an outgrown system the
city of New York is the principal sufferer
The American metropolis includes five coun-
ties. and its people blcd Justify to pro-
vide useless officials for them all!
City Cha mberlan Bruere has submitted a
report on the general subject Of cxtravagance
in municipal expenditures to the New York
!, constitutional! convention, in which the evils
5of duplicated administration are discussed
almost tearfully. The report shows that
there are forty county departments within the
city, twenty-seven OF which are headed by
independent electiva county officers Five
separate departments care for the records OF
the counties. The abolition OF useless Offices,
tho report says, would save The taxpay ers
100000 q year in salaries alone
New York, possibly. is the worst governed
or American cities, which is saying a good
. deal, but It's experience on Il smaller scale, is
that of other municipalities throughout the
country. By the wisdom Of her lawmakers,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03
A Child From Mexico,

Your big, dark eyes confess the WOO
The fretful centuries have wrought
In your fair land-thc frequent throe,
The tickle rule, the wars for naught.
My tiny peon. you're n link
Between the old and now. L think.
Your chubby chest swells grandly out
Beneath u modern stuff where blue
Contends with pink and seeks to rout
In lively tight It's neighhor hue
y hat OF straw one gust might rcnd
Naunts many saucy ribbon end.
And then the baby Doiyglot
or your sweet chatter shows the
reach
Our harsher tongue has gained, though
Enough to mar your bubhiing speech
Nor pretty gestures-lest we miss
Some sudden marvel, that or this!
And II you seek, as I divine,
The kindergarten's cosy fold.
With pygmy chair and marching line
And precious things to mako and
hold,
Soon you shall shout our accents true
And do as those wee Romans do.
SO much for you. small stranger guest!
What of the mother at your side?
wist she sometimes ycarns, Oppressed.
TO slip across the Rios tide.
Her voice. once flexible as a flute
In our crisp talk, alas. is mute.
Her oval face is russell brown;
kerchief binds her blue-black
hair
Safe from the hreezes. pr,soned down;
Her dress-ah nothing modern there!
Tradition shaped that shawls quaint
flow
And taught her lace threads howNto so.
My chubby alien, you must be
The madre's tcachcr--guide her ewes
To where above some STAFF you see
The liass bright burrows fall and
rise.
Point her the one straight path to
To make this wide. wido land hor
friend.
The Youths Companion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03
Wars Outlook

NJ EuTRAL opinion seems to be wel-nigh
drive in Russia, the German campaign is a
failure--a failure, that is. in the principal
result sought to be attained, which was the
destruction OF the Russian armies This con-
clusion is reached after due credit is accorded
the kaiser's marvellous military machine
That Great Britain is contributing more
generally to the needs OF the armies Of the
western front than had been believed, now
becomes obvious. The allies at the Darda-
nclcs are being steadily re-enforced Italy
has enormous reserves which have not been
drawn upon. In spite Of her reverses Russia
has ineXhaustibe resources, so far as fighting
units are concerned, and her means of OBJ
tanning munitions, shortage OF which has
put her where she is, are daily improving
forcing the fight, but her victories have been
gained at a cost that is staggering. she is
in such position that she can't let GO The
moment there is Il cessation of her activities,
Russia will come back upon her in such a
way as will preclude Germany from re-enforc-
Ing her armies the western front
As nation. Germany is beleaguered Her
resources are diminishing day by day What
she has within her borders is sufficient for
the time being, but unless she can release
herself from the grasp Of Great Britain she
can do nothing when her home supplies are
gone. Victories over Russia will not provide
her people nj home with the necessities of
life.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03
What a Letter VIII DO.

A proofreader, anent the Importance
OF trifies. read from his notebook these
absurd sentences, each made absurd by
the omission of q single letter:
The conflict was dreadful and the
enemy was repulsed with great laugh
ter"
When the presidents wife entered
the humble sitting-room OF the house
she was politely offered hair"
"A man was yesterday arrested on
the charge of having eaten cabman
for demanding more than his fire"
An employee In the service OF the
government was accused OF having
stolen a small OK from the mail The
stolen property was found in his vest
pocket"
THE Russian soldier, Knackinoffos.
kewky. was found dead with n long
word sticking in his throat."-Ex-
change.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03
What Would II Cost?

wv HEN President Wilson presents to Con-
w gress the plans for national defense he
is said now to be formulating, it is wholly
probable that he will encounter the clamorous
opposition of extremists on both sides Of the
question The President, it has been OBJ
served, quite usually finds himself between
two fires of this description, but usually also
he receives the support of the great mass of
the American people.
OF course, the peace at any price contingent
will oppose any considerable additions to the
armed forces of the nation, while the limoges
and milturists, who want to increase the
standing army to Il million men and build a
navy that will rival Great Britain's, are not
to be satisfied by the Presidents more mod
crate views.
We think it unQuestionable that the Presi-
dent will urge immediate appropriations, that
will give us larger standing army and a
stronger navy, and that he will outline n
definite and continuing policy. especially for
the navy, that will provide for the wise and
careful expenditure of the public funds.
That he will indorse the militarists demand
for an initial outlay Of half billion dollars.
no one acquainted with the Presidents habits
OF thought will for a moment believe
1t might be well for those who talk
about standing army OF 900 900, or even
OF 5000. to stop Il moment and consider
the cost. The United States Army now con-
sists of approx matey 10000 officers and
men, for whose pay, maintenance and equip
ment there was appropriated for the current
fiscal yoar S94,229.047 This does not in
clude the cost of Notifications nor the OK
pendtures for the military academy. and, of
course. it does not include the enormous ap-
preparations for military pensions. If the
ratio of expenditure be maintained, it is OBJ
vious that an army Of 100000 would cost
half billion dollars year in itself.
Where is this money to come from, year by
year, assuming that the limoges will carry
their point? Increased income taxes are not
likely to be favored, and internal revenue
receipts from the liquor traffic will decline
sharply with the spread Of prohibition senti-
ment There is but one other considerable
factor in the total of government revenue
which is the customs tax on imports Is 1t
not conceivable that some OF the strenuous
advocates of enormous military expenditures
are affected by the hope that the country's
needs would nspire-would even demand
tho reimpositon of the old high protective
tariffs? Whatever the animus Of the mill
tarsts, it is about as certain anything in
the future can be that the attainment OF their
ambition would he accompanied by strong
ly organized movement for the re-ena ctment
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, or something
like it,
Mr.. Wilson is not likely to throw himself
and his party Into any such trap.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03
Spenkins of Mnttnca,

This is on tablet at tho home of Spencer
Trask in Sara toEa "Time is too slow for those
who wait. too swift for those who fear, too
long for those who grieve. too short for those
who rejoice, hut for those who love time is
eternity"
1t Edward Wallis Hoch. one time Cover
nor OF Kansas, who said: There Is so much
bad in the best Of u.s. there is so much good
in the worst of us. that 1t hardly behooves any
OF us to talk about the rest of u.s."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03
Benevolent Socialism

IN making it possible for individuals to pur-
1 chase diphtheTa antitoxin at lowest whole
sale rates. thus preventing the public from
being charged eXorbitant prices for tho means
OF saving life, the State Board of Health is
practicing state socialism in its highest and
most benevolent form.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03

IL taxes courage for young man to marry
girl worth S30.0O0000.' remarks a Maryland
exchange. We are not about that but
at any rate. we are confident that there are sew
eral young men in stanton who would not he
lacking In the necessary bravery."-Staunton
news. Staunton has always had way of copy
ing after Richmond.
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Back to the Old Dances

is the night of the tango about over? Is the
l craze for the other dances which followed
in its train and grpped the communities
where they ragged, passing? We hear that the
order has gone forth in the City Of Brotherly
Love that in the coming season there shall
be only such dances as discreet Phila-
delphia may not he the best authority in the
land on what constitutes discretion as an en-
tircty, but it is to be commended never
theless. 1t is to be commended for arrang-
ing TO cut OUT the fox trot, the glide the
canter and other eccentricitos, which have in
the last two years crowded out the move
ments practiced by the youth, beauty and
chivalry of other days
What was good enough for our grand
fathers and grandmothers is not in all cases
good enough for the present, but in dancing
the old-timers set the steps that created
grace, which ought to be good enough until
the last syllable OF recorded time"
That the present craze was TOO swift for
our odsters may nave something to do with
the cal! Tor return but suspect that
what is known as our best society. in Phila-
delphia and elsewhere. has decided that it
was going beyond what was for the good of
the rising generation.
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Revolution.

Grubbs (mournfully)-These times not
like the good old times.
Stubs tjubilantly)-You bet they aren't! 1t
used to take nine tailors to make n man. while
to-day one tailor. supplied with adequate quanti-
ties OF cloth and padding, turn the trick.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-03

with September" says the Frederickshurr
STAR comes the oyster, and Virginia will con-
tnue to supply the best in the world" Certainly
ana mas Kept on supplying them at Old Point
during tho summer months to the folks beyond
the borders who do know about the "r"
months
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A God ykraolr

so Miss Passay is angry with her
doctor. Why is that"
He tactlessly remarked that no
would havo her looking her old self
aGain."--Boston Transcript