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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-09

owner drives his car into the garage for the night and, his curtains being up, requests the garage man to take them down, it is the opportunity of the garage man to suggest to that owner in the morning that he procure proper provision to care for his curtains. The garage owner who enjoys increasing popularity is the one who suggests things to the owner that will save him money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-09

On the fortieth anniversary of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wye saw their four children married at Shen- andoah, Iowa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-09

It is decidedly rough on the leading lady of a theatrical aggra gation when she is compelled to step off the track to let train go by.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-09

Earl Hamilton lost to Detroit the other day, but that was because his fielders fell down at critical stages.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-09

Slightly used cars for sale. Apply 317 Pine street, phone v. 7-G-S-11
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31
JERSEY WIPES OUT STATE
DEFICIT UNDER G. 0. P. CONTROL
Balance Of s1,7Oo,ooO to Be Shown
When Books Close

TRENTON, Oct. 31.-Republican State
Chairman Bugbee today issued statement
declaring that the taxpayers OF New Jersey
are 10 be congratulated that the Republican
party has been In control OF the States
finances for the last two years, as when the
books OF the State are closed today the
ending OF the fiscal year. he Is reliably In
formed that there Will be free balance OF
81, zoo, 900 in the State Treasury with all
bills paid.
He asserts that two years ago. when the
Republicans took control. there was deficit
In the State Treasury and a State tax
seemed imminent. BY care and prudence.
the chairman points out the States deficit
was overcome without n State tax.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31
PRESIDENT ENDS FIGHT
IN NEW YORK THURSDAY
Buffalo and Greater City TO Hear
Speeches-Last Utterance
at Home Saturday

SHADOW LAWN. Long Branch. N. a..
oct Si.--President Wilson today prepared
for the firing OF hts last campaign gfna.
20 take place In Buifalo tomorrow and In
New York city Thursday. final "saivo''
will be dispatched IN speech here next
Saturday afternoon, which will be his last
public appearance OF the campaign.
Democratic managers expressed nrm
confidence that the Presidents Buffalo
and New York city speeches will dispel
the last doubts as TO New York State beine
safe for Wilson" on the way TO Buffalc
and New York the President proposes 10
stop only for brief periods Of hand-shaking
The President will leave here at 1855
tonight and arrive at Buffalo at l O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon. He will leave Buffaic
tomorrow night after his speech In the
auditorium and arrive In New York at :
o'clock Thursday morning
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31

inee. Victor Burschel. apparently has a
chance OF winning by being carried into
ofice on the strength OF the Wilson vote.
which Is. expected to be heavy there. The
county is almost even on the presidential
candidates. Congressman John r. Farr Is
the Republican nominee.
Secretary OF Labor William II. Wilson Ia
leading the night against the recollection
OF Congressman Edgar r. Kelss In the
Fifteenth District. The district includes
Clinton, Potter. Lycomlng and Tioga Coun-
ties. Chester II. Ashton. Of Knoxville, is
the Democratic nominee.
Tho Democrats also are fighting the re-
election OF Congressman Benjamin X.
Focht In the "shoe-strinE' district. which
embraces Franklin. Fulton, Huntingdon.
Juniata. Miniin. Perry, Snyder and Union
Counties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31
WOMEN WORK FOR WILSON
Street Meetings Held by Members of
Pennsylvania League

The FIRST street meeting OF the Pennsyl
vanla womens Woodrow Wilson League
was held last night at Kensington and Allie
gheny avenues when Miss Ladson Hall
and Senator James T. Nulty spoke, and
was followed by meeting at Germantown
and Lehigh avenues
Tonight the meetings will be held at Ger.
mantown avenue and Diamond street and
Front and Diamond streets at 8 O'Clock. j.
i. Casey apd Miss Ladson Hall will speak
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31

The "sOb sister" appeal used by many Piano
dealers with good results in the past is fast losing its
effectiveness with the present generation which demands
realities, not fiction &s
"Heart melodies" '1iqud tones' and other such
thoughts from the imaginative brains of the copy writer
have ceased to spell piano value to the purchaser.
Pretty and Emusic that cannot be described"
(prObaby for good reason) is longer selling point
The Piano buyer of today demands Piano value that
dollar for every dollar spent and he fast real
zng that the manufacturer who for quarter of
century has been making pianos and selling them their
MERIT, is the logical person from whom to purchase
instrument
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31

CHICAGO. oct si.--Aftsr whIrIviu1
campaign In Illinois the Hughes wom<n'n
special II expected here late today and
will leave for Baltimore early tomorrow-
ception they received 1t DanviIic. IN. the
homs Of Uncle Joe" Cannon. yesterday
Uncle joe heard them speak and praised
them highly afterward.
You women talk 20 quietly" the <1ir~
sled political warrior said. You don't
swear and you don't shake your nets
You don't crate. but you make the point
YOU Are After. Il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31
RED FIRE, TORCHLIGHTS,
PLENTY OF 'HOORAY' AND
ZIP In G. O. P. WIND-UP
Progressives Back in Fold With
the Faithful, All Present
United Front and Ex-
pect Victory
PLENTY OF ORATORY

Republican red fire. Republican torch
lights and Republican oratory are destined
10 sweep forward to another Republican
victory.
Meetings scheduled as prosaic committee
meetings are transformed into enthusiastic
gatherings with plenty of the ancient zip
and 'hooray." The Progressive. back In the
fold from which he wandered four years
ago. applauds as loudly as the ever-faithful
one; and the two. presenting n reunited
front, look forward to their vision Of VIC
tory.
one OF the night signs which augurs
n whirlwind wind-up of the Republican
campaign was given to the G.. o. r. In the
Forty-sixth Ward. There was not to be
any campaign oratory. according to Harry
a. Mackey. II was just a committee meet
ing. not mass-meetlng. he explained, at
the Forty-sixth Ward Republican head
quarters. He made this observation be-
cause the fun seats. with rows upon rows
OF men, belied the schedule.
And when the meeting got under way II
had every semblance OF an old-time rally.
orators with high flights Of rhetoric as
sailed the Democratic administration. The
eagle fairly screamed with rage at tho
blunders of the verbal acrobat, who turns
somersaults upon webster's dictionary"
WARNING OF TRADE WAR
One Of the most concise speakers was
| Archibald Webster. who took the audience
4
| figures and his stern warning of the trade
war that is to come in the wake Of the
| European conflict.
| This is the wealthiest Of nations" he
| said I'VE are prospering as never before
| But the Democratic party has no more to
| do with II than had the Shah OF Persia.
| II shall prove this fact In three ways
| First, that the s.. .00O, 900 900 excess exports
| over imports consists of few articles sec
| ond that the excess goes to countries a.
| war, and third. that IL the war had moi
] come under the Underwood tariff. instead
OF prosperity we should now have adver-
| slty."
Thereupon Mr.. Webster. who In a manu-
| featuring chemist amazed his hearers b.
swapping out a string OF figures which
showed that of the $4,000 100000 excess
$3.50. 900. 600 Is represented by steel. ex
plosives brass. leather. aeroplanes and au
tomobiles and horses and mules-war busi
ness The remainder is foodstuffs. such n
wheat, meats and sugar, he said. The ex
ports to countries not at war. including
China. Australia and Argentina. have de
creased since the war began, which prove
his second proposition, he declared. HI
third proposition was borne out by tn
fact that after the Underwood measure be
came a law, until the war began, export
decreased at the rate of s1S,00O000 mont
| and imports increased s26,o00.000 month
he pointed out
| Unless we have protective tarin IN
end Of this war will bring the gaunt vol
of starvation bowling long and loud at you
threshold" he concluded. '"rhe Democrat
threat, like the sword of Damocles, hang
over your heads, suspended only by tn
war-thread OF Europe"
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Sacrificed His Own if.

During the war of the Revolution
two British soldiers of the army of
CORVALLIS went into house and abus-
ed the inmates in a most cruel and
shameful manner. A third soldier, go
ing into the house, met them coming
out and recognized them. The inmates
acquitted him Of all blame, but he was
imprisoned because he refused to dis
close the names of the offenders. Ev-
cry persuasion was tried, but in vain,
and at length he was condemned by
a court martial to die. When he was
on the gallows Lord CORVALLIS, sur
prfsed by his obstinacy, rode up to him,
saying: Campbell, what fool you are
to die thus! Disclose the names Of the
guilty men and you shall be tmmedi-
ately released; otherwise you have not
fifteen minutes to live"
you are in the midst Of q cam
paign, my lord" replied Campbell.
you can better spare one man than
two" And, firmly adhering to his pur-
pose. he died.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Narnine a Famous Dish.


III you are a gourmet you like lob
ster. The man who made lobster a la
Newburg famous refused to have his
name go with it. He gave Delmonico
the recipe. and Del gave the delicacy
the name it bears today, while that Of
the benefactor is never heard outside
OF the little circle in which he lived.
Well, the creator of the dish was
Benjamin Wenburg. a New York bro
ker. he used to take his luncheons at
Delmonico's downtown place. not many
blocks from the Battery. When he told
Del how to make lobster Ia Newburg
1t had no name then-Del put it on
his bill and called. it lobster a la Wen
burg.
Wenburg got angry about it and told
DelmonicO if he didn't remove his
name he would feed elsewhere. The
big caterer reversed the first syllable,
and the title has been what you have
been accustomed to see ever since
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
A Phrase Explained.

hedicus tells Us that It makes him
mad whenever he sees some writer us.
ing the old southern phrase ''the spit
an image" without showing any knowl.
edge Of what it means. Medicus says
that he has even seen it spelled thus:
1.-The spittin' image" So we have seen
In the works of an English novelist:
Hes the spit and image Of his IA
ther, as they say in America"
And an American short story writer
makes a negro character say:
"Yassuh. He's de spittin' image Of
his ma
The phrase was originally 1.-The spirit
and image" explains Medicus. OF
course that means that one person IS
both mentally and physically like an
other. Southern people are careless
about their RS. so the phrase became
''the spit an image" and 1.-The spittin'
image. COurier-J Journal.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Whim of a Great Actor.

Salvini, the great Italian tragedian,
made it a condition that none Of his
sons should act I'm Italy so long as be
remained on the stage. So Gustavo was
banished to the other countries Of the
continent and acted In Russia and
Austria with some success. Alexander
learned the English language and
played in this country until he died at
an early age. Tomaso is now an actor
In Italy and is said to have inherited
to a greater degree than any of his
brothers the talents Of his father.
Salvini was married twice; first to
Clementine Cazzola. an eminent italian
actress, who died, leaving him three
small children. Many years later he
married an Englishwoman named Lot
tie Sharp. by whom he had two chill
dren. His grandchildren have attract
ed attention in art and other circles I'm
Italy.-Argonaut
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
What Am n

I've wrecked trains; I've saved a
rich mans life and Of course married
his beautiful daughter; I've committed
murder; I've preached the gospel; I've
found treasure; I've led armies to VIC
tory; I've been a king; I've seen hell;
I've toured heaven; I've made men
slaves and freed them; I've threatened
women's honor and saved It; I've con-
demned to death the innocent and Civ
en- liberty to the guilty; I've built ma
lions and destroyed them; I've created
drought and brought food; I've chang
ed poverty to riches and robes to rags;
I've fought in the Crusades; I've gone
through the Revolution; I've made men
Of politicians and politicians Of men;
I've tortured Christians as a pagan
and as a Christian enlightened the
heather; I've been lawmaker and law
breaker; but, with all, I've made the
world progress-I am imaginationL
Life.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Sharks az Swimmers.

One Ill service nature has done the
shark-namely, that Of placing a TRAN
gular fin on his back, which acts as a
danger signal and gives warning Of his
approach. Happily the shark has not
been gifted with sufficient sagacity to
be aware of this popularity, for had
he been so he would unquestionably
abandon his habit Of swimming close
to the surface Of the water and would
in that case be enabled to approach
his victim unobserved. The shark Is a
slow swimmer for his size and strength
Byron observes, "As darts the dolphin
from the shark" But Byron was a
poet and does not appear to have been
a close observer Of the habits Of in
habitants of the water or he woul6
have known that a shark would have
no more chance Of catching a dolphin
than a sheep would of overhauling a
hare.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
SteNenaon,a Brownies.

Stevenson maintained that much of
his work was only partially original
BIS collaborators vess the beUwnies
who ran riot throasn h1s fratA during
the hours of sleep He b stances the
case Of "Dr Jekyn and Nh Hyde" 81
had long been trying 30 write q story
on this subject" he writes, ito find a
body, a vehicle for that strong sense
Of mans double being which must at
times come in upon and Overwhelm
the mind of every thinking creature
For two days l went about racking
my brains for a plot Of any sort, and
on the second night l dreamed the
scene at the window and "A scene after
ward split in two, In which Hyde, pur-
sued for some crime, took the powder
and underwent the change in the pres
ence of his pursuers. All the rest was
made awake and consciously, although
/ think | can trace in much of 1t the
manner of my brownies"
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
A Trip Into Space.

IF you could ride from the earth 10
Alpha Centauri on a train going at
the rate Of a mile a minute you would
reach your destination In 100000
years." says John Brashear In the
American Magazine. AT the rate
sound travels If a song were to be sung
ON Alpha Centauri it would be $780,
600 years before We could hear it. This
neighbor Of ours is 100000, OOO, 900
miles away. A spiders thread from a
cocoon reaching to IT would weigh 500
tons.
"Our earth In its revolutions ON its
own axis and its trip around the sun
and outward into space makes a jour
ney Of 9S4, 100000 miles a year, but the
old clock never varies. There is never
q jar or tremor, and we are back again
on the hundredth Of a second. Do
you know 1t would have cost me ST.
100000 900 If had had to pay my way
30 far at the rate Of cents a mile dur
ing my journey Of seventy-five years?
To ride from the earth to Alpha Cen
tauri would cost 500, 5000, 600"
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Flowers and Leaves.

Flowers are produced by the sacri-
nee Of stem and leaves. which subordi-
nate their own functions to the making
Of seed to carry on the species. In the
late summer time. when plants have
Powered and set their seed, the leaf
spirit seems again to assert itself and
In many instances becomes so strong
that the miracle of its self sacrifice Is
revealed One often sees roses, after
producing perfect blossoms, producing
some which push out a small bunch Of
green leaves from the heart. or perhaps
the axis Of the aborted stem grows
right out from the middle and bears a
small secondary rosebud This Sec
ondary rose is generally smothered in
O calyx more like conglomeration Of
leaves than any ordinary calyx, the
calyx showing strong tendency to
revert to the leaf form.-Edinburgh
Scotsman.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
lordly DisraeIi,

Disraeli once told a woman that two
possessions which were indispensable
to other people he had always done
without. Il made" she said, every
kind of conjecture, but without sue
cess, and on my asking him to enlight-
en- me he solemnly answered that they
were a watch and an umbrella. But
how do you manage asked, II there
happens to be no clock In the room
and you want to know the timer Il
ring for servant was the magnilo-
Quent reply. Well I continued, and
what about the umbrella? What do
you do. for instance, II you are IN the
park and are caught in q sudden show
err Il take refuge he replied. with q
smile of excessive gallantry, under the
umbrella of the first pretty woman /
meet"
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Stupendous Surnames.

The bearers of some of the surnames
which appear in medieval documents
must have been glad of an excuse to
change them. Apparently this was
done, for the more grotesque have
either vanished or have been modified
out of recognition, Among the former
are such names as Alice Thepunders-
stepdoghtre. Mazelina Stabwourchman.
Frethesanccia Del COuntynghouSe,
Godisman Attestretesende and Thomas
Wrangwisshe. which certainly have no
claimants nowadays.
Many surnaIaes derived from trade
or service have been contracted, such
as LIE Lindrapcr into Draper, LIE COu-
hirde into Coward. lie Chapclayn into
Chaplin and I.p Gresuenour (gros We
neur) into GrOSvCnOr.- Opinion.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Hydroaeroplanes.

The idea of the hydroaeroplane was
suggested in patent specifications by
Hugo Matullath of New York in 1899.
but it had its practical origin in Glenn
CurtisS, who added floats to the aero
plane with which he was experiment.
ing over Lake Keuka in 1908. These
were placed under each wing, so that
in case of accident the machine would
not sink. Langley and others had
made their experimental flights over
bodies of water for like reasons"
Probably the first to make the floats
an integral part of his machine was
Fabre. who on March %, 1910, made
the first flight with a practical hydro
aeroplane at Martignes on the Seine
Curtiss soon abandoned floats and built
boat bodies, and for this accomplish
ment he received the Aero Club Of
America trophy in 1911.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Butter From a Tree.

One shea tree beside each mans back
porch would cut big slice Of butter
Off the monthly food bill In Africa
vegetable butter Is made from the fruit
of this tree. and it is said to be of
richer taste than any butter made from
cows milk-alleged or actually scraped
from a churn and squeezed into the
wooden mold which leaves a yellow
rosebud on top Of the cake. The Arabs
used it in early times.-Pittsburgh Dis
patch
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
A Queer Creature.

Queer that while the male seal Is a
bull and the female COW their young
ster is not called calf. but pup.
Why zeal fisheries" too. when the
seal is not fish?
And why should the seals breeding
place be styled Il roOkery?
1t looks as if this strange creature is
only q fish i'm common plrlance while
at sea. On land Tor iceI it IS clasSed
popularity with animals or birds.-Ex-
change.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
A Warnina.

watch out how you boiler fer de
Wort ter look up at you when you gifts
ter de mountain top" said Brother
Williams. "Of all time dat's do one
time ter lay low, fer de worf win ind
you when it gifts good an ready. An
6is other thing II what you got to
eoeEider: De minuts you ho1sEs Old
man Trouble locates zen an ssts his
traps ter trip you an send yo1 rsllin'
down ter de bottom, whar zee ee0s
6emF-Atlauta Constitution.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Why He Was Proud.

In particularly desolate region of
the country two travellers came on a
tumbledown shack in the midst Of filth
and barrenness. They were discussing
the improbability of human beings liv-
ing there and did not see a forlorn lit
tie boy sitting in the edge of the weeds
he arose with a proud flush on his
face. "Ye needn't make fun Of it..
'Tain't our'n. It's jest rentedr'-Ex-
change.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
A Glimpse of Heaven.

Paterfamilias-Well Mr.. Smith. I'm
pleased to see you at our humble board
for the first time. Now. is there any
particular cut you fancy?
Prospective Son-in-law-Oh, no. thank
you. / think
Youngest Daughter of the House
Dad. aren't you going to ask Cissie?
You know what a Shindy she kicks up
II she doesn't get first pick.-London
Opinion.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
"Hail, Columbian

Hail, Columbia" was written In
17S9 and 'The Star Spangled Banner"
In 1914. Hail, Columbia" was first
called General Washington's March"
the music having been composed by an
orchestra leader in New York and the
words written to be sung when Wash
tngton went to New York to be inau-
gurated president April 80, 1889. Lat
er it was called THE Presidents
March" and finally Hail, Columbia"
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
An Artists Fad

A Partisan artist in lieu Of a picture
gallery has a collection Of great paint
ers' palettes, some 500 In number,
among them being Corots, Isabey's
and Theodore RouSseau's. On many
Of the palettes are sketches by the
painters who used them.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
High Calling.

Little Walters uncle was attached to
the commissary department Natural
~ little Walter wanted to know what
that meant. His father explained that
It was the commissary's duty to supply
the soldiers with food and drink and
the like. The very next day a lady
came to call and asked Walter how his
Uncle Paul was.
"He's fine" said the young man.
"He's a waiter now."-New York Post
The broad ax., 1916-08-05

N. C. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, no
tion store and news stand, 5O12 8.
State street.
l.. E. Chiffon, news stand, 8. E. cor
ner 51st and State streets.
8. Berenoaum, Cigars, Notions and
News Stand; 81 W. 81 Street, near
Dearborn.
E. H. Faulkner, news agency; S1Os 8.
State street.
George 1 Martin, maker of fine Gig
ars and news stand, Is w. 31st St.,
near State.
R. NJ. Harvey's barber shop and
news stand, 1924 State street.
". N. Maxwell. notions, cigars. to-
bacco, confections and news stand,
5244 State st.
Edward Felix, notions, cigars and
news stand, SO W. 30th st.
=. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news
stand, 3 W. 9th st., near State.
Sylvester McGlofin, news stand and
laundry Office, 4122 State st.
William Gsughan, laundry Office
cigars, tobacco and news stand, 1888
State st.
z. N. Oliver, notions, cigars and
aews stand, is W. seth Street, near
State.
A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions,
stationery and news stand, 364O o.
State Sc.
George McFsro, shoe shining parlors
and news stand. 8ssoh State street.
T. B. Hall, Laundry Office, cigars,
tobacco and news stand. 36ls South
State street.
Fred NJ waterheld, cigars, tobacco,
notions and news stand, 6202 South
State street.
Coleman D Glanton, cigars, tobacco
and news stand, ss42 8. State street.
Mis- Z. n. Mccain, hair dressing
parior and news stand 20 W. soth
street.
En- Dthay, cigars, tobacco, notions
and news stand. Soo5 State street.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
The Beginning and End.

Fond MothCr-It was nj this point In
the entranCin" landscape that my
daughter received declaration and
accepted. Fricnd-And tell us the rest
Of the romance. Fond MOther-Un-
fortunately that is all there was.-Meg-
gendorfer Blaetter
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
A Case of Fifty-Fifty.

"lIalf the world doesn't know how
the other half lives"
That's the half that minds its
ewn business NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ledger.
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
Unreasonable.

Mrs. Sharpe (Severely)-Norah,I can
find only seven Of these plates. Where
are the other five? Cook dn surprise)
Sure, mum. don't We make no allow
ance for ordinary wear an tear?
The broad ax., 1916-08-05
WycIiffe's Bible,

John Wycliffe. completed the transla-
lion Of the whole Bible for the first
dine into the language OF the English
people. lie was born near Richmond.
In Yorkshire. about 1924.