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The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

We take II into our stomachs and
from there II is taken into our
bodies to build them up and TO make
the heat which keeps us warm. In
Johnny Chuck's case Old Mother
Nature has fixed things so that the
body can get what II needs from the
fat with which II is covered. II
needs only very little at time
during the winter. because you know
Johnny is asleep; curled up quite
motionless. A great deal OF the
food we eat is used up in what is
called energy. which IL the power Of
moving about and doing things You
know how IL Is when you are sick
and cannot eat In little while you
have no strength TO move. You are
very weak But II you didn't have
TO move at all you could live a long
time with very little food because
none OF II would be used for energy
N is the same way with Johnny
Chuck Sleeping and lying perfect
ly still he needs no food for energy
and so his body gets all II needs
by absorbing II from the fat Alb
sorbing means taking In the way a
sponge soaks up water.
SO you see II was quite as impor-
tant 10 Johnny Chuck that he should
be fat enough as Il was 10 Striped
Chipmunk that he should have his
storehouse filled before the coming
OF Rough Brother North Wind and
Jack Frost. II was this that Johnny
had on his mind az he sat on his
doorstep that bright, cool autumn
afternoon. There was still plenty
really needed IT, To be sure he was
tired OF eating. For a long time
he had been eating not because he
was hungry. but TO store food away
in the form OF fat. His neighbors
didn't understand this. They watch
ed him eat and eat and grow fatter
and they called him piggish. or
course this was very unfair. He
was no more Tiggish than was
Striped Chipmunk filing his store
house The only difference was that
Johnny Chucks storehouse was un-
der his skin.
II wish could know II the win
ter is going 10 be hard and long"
said Johnny as he waddled over 10
a patch OF clover He was already
so fat that he was roly-poly and
waddled when he walked I'm
sleepy enough TO 20 to bed right
now. but | want TO be sure that
am fat enough"
Next story: Johnny Chuck De-
cides to Eat Little More.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

"Oh, you Sunday school teachers.
You beer-driuking, theatergoing
and card.playing Sunday school
teachers! Oh you needn't squirm!
I'm handing II TO you straight and
II is about time that most OF you
had the right kind OF stun passed
out 10 you. You have been on a
diet OF bread and milk and soothing
syrup too long.
"A lot OF YOU have been trying TO
plough the fields for Jesus Christ
while you have at the same time
been looking backwards. DO you
think that man can plough when
he grasps the plow's handles and In
stead OF looking ahead TO see II he
is making the right kind of fur
row, he twists his head around and
looks backwards until his eyes are
ready TO pop out over his shoul-
ders?
TOO many OF you teach the BIZ
BILE on Sunday. then go ont and play
golf or sit around and eat fudge
and think only OF your own pleas
ure when you ought TO follow up
your teachings with personal work
for Jesus Christ.
Follow Right Or Else Quit the Job
IF you are determined 10 follow
Jesus Christ. for goodness sake fol-
low Him right or else quit teaching
the Bible. and bluffing about your
being Christians.
Either YOU should be sincere
Christians. willing 10 follow Jesus
Christ no matter how hard the road
may be. or else you should quit pos
ing in the Sunday school room when
you know that YOU are a lot OF thea
ter going. beer swilling, gum chew
ing hvpncritest
what do We more than others?
William Reynolds was n resident OF
Peoria. A man stopped him on the
street with the question:
"'How have you lived with me for
fifteen years and knowing | was go
ing to hell, said nothing to me
about it,
a little conversation with Moody
upon train.
Reynolds went 10 Chicago to hear
Moody because he realized some
thing was the matter with his re.
ligion. Now his business IL work.
ing for Jesus Christ and he runs
packing house on the side 10 pay his
expenses.
"All the good that has come out
~ Reynolds life afterwards would
have been lost II Moody had been
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

you talking against the meeting?
Following Jesus.
"All He wants Is 10 count us and
that's all He gets with most OF US.
For n man 20 be a church member
and have nothing In his life
10 show II is as inconsistent az
hanging a Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union sign over a saloon or
Young Mems Christian association
sign over the house OF Ill fame.
Something more Is expected from
those who profess Christianity than
from those who do not profess II.
The Christian II supposed 10 do
work that is akin to the teachings of
Christ.
you've bot to be better than a
brotherln-law OF the church II you
want to walk In the golden streets.
Just because your wife or mother
or sister belong 10 church is not go
ing TO help you into heaven.
Church People Don't Win Souls
"Oh, how changed the world would
be II everybody was on the job for
Christ as thew should be on the
Job, II Sunday school teachers
would do the right kind ~ work for
Christ instead Of depending upon
an armiul OF lesson helps, there
wouldn't be so many OF their pupils
slipping through the Sunday school
net.
"I wonder that God IL doing as
well as He Ia whom one thinks OF
the gang that He has 10 work WITH
I'll bet that can point out any mum
Der OF Sunday school teachers and
church deAcons who haven't won a
soul for Jesus Christ and yet their
names have been on the books OF
their churches so long that they
have become widowed
You are robbing God II YOU don't
give God n chance 10 show thru
your lives what the spiritual is The
trouble with a good many OF YOU
Sunday school teachers Is that
most OF YOU act on impulse rather
than on principle. have been try
ing for two weeks 10 get that fact
thru your heads.
There would have been no revo-
lutionary war II there hadn't bean
Declaration OF Independence. Be
lieve me. the sooner you have a
declaration OF principles for Christ
the greater will become the spirit
ual revolution that is going on in
your midst
How many Of you have ever
shown your pupils how 10 get out in
the great ocean ~ Gods tove7
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22
Friday Afternoons Sermon.

Inconsistency In the manner In
which some people follow Christ"
was the main topic discussed by
Billy Sunday in his Friday afternoon
sermon. Taking for his text:
HE that saith he abldeth In Him,
ought himself so to walk even as
lie walked - John H. s. he said
One OF the most remarkable de-
clarations In the Bible il this: ev-
cry man and woman who claims TO
be n Christian ought TO live. do and
think the thoughts that Jesus would
THE disciples meant 10 keep
close 10 Jesus So do many who
join the church hut yet them are
many who make II appear by their
daily lives as tho they have no such
intentions.
The disciples meant 10 stick by
Jesus on the whole road They did
nj intend 20 say Good by. Lord, ="
ut the next town
suppose Jesus had started for Je.
rusalem and some OF the disciples
had picked up their belongings and
headed for Damascus. where they
had some business OF their own. II
you had met the caravan and asked
them Who are you?' they would
have said. We are disciples OF Je-
sus'
where are you going7' you
would ask. and they'd tell you We
are following Him
Where Is Jesus. though
Why. He's on His way to Jeru-
salem 10 be crucihed
"'But you are going away
"'Yes. We are going 10 Damascus -
"'Wiil you meet Jesus there
"'No, He won't be there"
"'How can you follow Him. then.
when you are not with Him
Wants 20 Be Able to Count Us
"'Oh. all He wants us for Ia to
be able TO count us He doesn't
mind going 20 Jerusalem alone He's
used Ia II. Nobody goes with Him
such scenes are being wit
messed today.
What are you doing at the card
party Following Jesus.
AT the dance Following Jesus
You Sunday school teacher at the
theater7 Following Jesus
you with beer in your house?
Following Jesus.
you voting for the saloon? Fol
lowing Jesus
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

He take the cases do? II a doctor.
would He do az doi
Would He vote as do? Would
He go with the company that I do?
Would he read the books that I
do? Would He spend as much for
self as | do?
well. Jesus, I'll try. thought
the best way could help the
Sunday school was 10 tell them Your
word what You want them to do.
Help us all and guide US. Many here
will say. i see my life is not perfect
in the eyes OF Jesus and viii try To
change IT,
Lord, | hate 10 leave this old
city. | can see marvellous POSSIBLE
tiles in Detroit.
when I get 10 heaven | can look
down and say. There's spot, Jesus.
that got tangled up IN my heart
strings and I'll see again these
aisles Tiled with penitents who are
seeking Jesus Christ.
"who will come up and give me
his hand?"
Copyright by william A. Sunday
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

While he slept thru the long. cold
months OF course he would eat
nothing. In the first place he
wouldn't be awake To eat. and you
know people do not eat while they
are asleep In the second place
there would be nothing to eat. any
way SO wise Old Mother Nature
has provided that the fat Johnny
Chuck lays up should take the place
OF food
You know how IL Is with food.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

playing cards In the smoking car.
There's something for you half
baked elders and deacons.
IF Jesus taught Sunday school
class today would lie put 'as little
heart in IL as you do? Would He go
to prayer meeting as little as you
do?
Would He sing and testify as
little as you do? Would He do as
little personal work as you do?
Would He spend as little on the
church and az much on Himself "a
you do? Would He pray az little and
do as little to get answers to prayer
as you do7
Am a follower or a fakir-a FOL-
lower or a fngerboard pointing e.
the world, the flesh and the devil
"The frst step in following Christ
Is 10 decide TO do II. II must be P
deliberate definite decision. Just the
same as other important steps such
as getting married or going into bus
mess.
You Cannot ESCAPE Issue
"It should not be matter NJ i'm
pulse. Jesus did not come 10 drive
men into the kingdom, but TO force
the question upon each man. You
can't escape the issue.
Every one who decides to be =
Christian must decide what kind oil
disciple YOU ere going to be. One
reason why there are so many milk
and water, pliable. plastic, ,ick-spit
tie, two by four, good-Iord. good
devil set OF Christians Ia that they
have never cut the short-line.
THE rich young ruler came run.
ming. fell on his knees and II looked
like A clear case OF conversion, but
when he found how much he had
10 do he turned back.
How far we go with Jesus de
ponds on what we take along. The
scribe said, Master, I Will follow
Thee whithersoever Thou goest.'
THAT sounded fine, but he didn't
mean II any more than you card
playing. beer-drinking. cheating
church members do.
When ne said that there was no
cross In sight. He had seen the fine
works OF Jesus and the way the
crowd thronged about Him. He
thought II fine 10 he associated with
one so popular
Some think Joining the church
will help them cell books. groceries,
dry goods. build up their practice
as a doctor. Jesus read in the heart
OF the scribe the selfish motive and
told him The birds have nests and
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
Johnny Chuck Has Something On His Mind.
Copyright. 1915 by T. W. Burgess)

there was anything NJ TO put in Il
Woodchunk's stomach.
SO you see the matter was really
very important to Johnny Chuck.
The fat under his skin was both a
blanket and food. That seems queer,
but II was true. The tatter he was
the warmer he would keep and the
more comfortable he would be In
this way the fat was Hike n blanket.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

Next story: Johnny Chuck De
cides TO Eat a Little More
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

Tomatoes, t-ib basket. ...-..-, 2sc
Jersey sweet Potatoes. Id. Be
Head or Lerf Lettuce.
extra tender. lb ................S 0c
Egg Plant. large size. Zoe
Oyster Plnnt. bunch ..........,...s ~
Hubbard squash. lb..........,..,. 5c
Crisp Round Radishes, bunch ,.., &c
Pie Pumpkins. each ..........tb c, 2Jc
Cucumbers, large size. ........... Sc
Evergreen Corn, Spinach, Red and
Green Peppers, Parsley, Summer
squash, White Celery, Green or
Yellow Beans, spanish Onions, etc.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-22

Fancy Tokay ar Malaga Grapea,
7-lb. basket soc, Id. Zoe
Concord Grapes, large baskets. 3Oe
Delaware or Niagara Grapes,
pony basket Zoe
Table Peaches. 3-qt. baskets. Use. SSe
Same. per box, Toe, I5c
Fancy Green or Purple Piums, box Ice
Choice Bartiett Pears, box. 13o
sweet Valencia Oranges, doc. 4Oc, 60Q
rane' Eating apples , pon: 'c.'.,iOs
baking large size. PIX. soc, bu. e1.O0
Fancy Cnntaioupe. IOc.. lie
Jumbo Watermeions. whole. half or
quarter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-28
RAILROAD.AND
BROTHERHOOD :
chiefs MEET

New York, Dec. 27.-Representa-
tives of the national conference COM
mittee of the railroads, and Of the
four brotherhoods of railway en-
ployes, will resume their meetings
here tomorrow, for the announced
purpose of arriving at some agree
ment as to the application Of the
Adamson law. in the event that it is
held constitutional by the United
States supreme court.
The meeting had been adjourned ia
await the handing down of the award
in the case of the switchmen's arbi-
tration board, which was expected to
have some bearing on the interpreta.
tion of the Adamson law.
The railroad managers held pre-
liminary hearing today. It was init
mated in railroad circles tonight that
among other things which would
bring the roads and the brother
hoods into concert, was the joint de-
termination to oppose the presidents
proposal for compulsory arbitration
of differences.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-28
Young College Men, Home
on Vacation, Die When
Ragsdale Home Wrecked.
SIX NEGROES NEAR
Sheriff. KILLED
Tucker Convict Farm Undamaged, But
Havoc Wrought by Twister Vicinity
Sheriff. and Gethsemane, Where
Notes. Farm Nearly Wrecked.

The death list from Tuesdays tor
nado in this section of Arkansas, was
swelled to II yesterday, and last night
there were seven or eight OF the in
jured whose condition was reported
as critical.
The most shocking feature Of the
storm developed yesterday, with the
arrival of a messenger, bringing the
news that Frank Bridges and James
Bridges had been killed at the home
of their sister, Mrs. S. II. Ragsdale,
near Double Wells. The family is.
widely known and most prominent,
and the two young men were very
highly esteemed and deservedly popu-
lar. They were students at Ouachlta
college, at ArkaGelphias and WeN
spending the Christmas holiday period
with their parents and other relatives
at Double Wells.
; The known List Of Dead.
Frank Bridges, white, 30, near
Double Wells.
James Bridges, white, %, near
Double Wells.
Choice Padgett, white, 10. near Car
Isle.
Alallee Padgett, white, Z, near Car
Isle.
Albert l.. Schwartz, white, Locks
mill, near England.
Ward Marshall, negro, So, near Nc
Tadden's ferry.
the Partridge place.
Indy Moseley, old negro woman,
ON the Princeton road.
Unidentified negro man, on the KOS
enberg place.
Unidentified negro, near England.
Lamberts family Of three, negroes,
on Quattlebaum place, near Sheriff..
Negro man on the Quattlebaum
place, near Haywood.
Negro child on the Morrow place,
near Sheriff..
Negro child on the Baron place,
near Sheriff..
Bridges Funeral Today.
The funeral of the Bridges brothers
will be held this morning at 10
o'clock, from the home of their par
cnts, at Double Wells, and there will
be large attendance of relatives and
friends of the deceased and their fam
lily, from all parts of the county. Rel
atives and close friends from Pine
Fluff left for the stricken home yes
terday, by automobile, and last night
it was stated that the roads are IN
good, passablc condition, and Double
Wells can be reached without diff
Guilty.
The boys were at the home Of their
sister, Mrs. Ragsdale, when the tor
nado struck the house. The Rags
dale family lived about half mile
from the Bridges home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ragsdale were huddled close in one
room Of the house clasping their
daughter. Miss Laura, close in their
arms. The boys, who were in another
room, are Said to have stepped into
the hall, and in a moment had been
grasped in the titanic power Of the
tornado, whirled from the house and
high into the air. and their bodies
thrown into field, the one about %
yards from the house and the other
about 100 yards away.
Under the flashing of the fury OF
the storm, the Ragsdale home col
lapsed, and its contents were scatter
ed over the country, some articles be-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-28
PERSHING'S CAMP
DAMAGED BY STORM

Washington, De. 27.-Heavy damage
to the equipment of Major General
Pershing's command in Mexico was
reported today in dispatches to the
war department telling of the storm
which swept his lines Christmas Day.
Masts of the wireless stations at
Colonia Dublan and Ell Vale were
blown down and field hospital No. 8
was demolished. The commissary
storehouse and many other structures
were badly damaged, the walls being
blown in and roofs carried away by
violent winds. At least IS per cent
of the tentage at Colonia Dublan was
destroyed and telegraphic commune
cation was interrupted along the line.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-28
Tuesdays Twister Cut Some Queer Capers

The elements, play peculiar pranks,.
and especially is it impossible to
ever tell what tornado will do
A cluster of negro cabins ON the
dollarway road, opposite the Pilking
ton home, is now mass of wreck
age. Nothing, apparently. was OAR
ried away by the wind, and as mat
ter of fact all indications point to the
theory that the houses were not blown
down, but were knocked down by the
masses of tree trunks and other
debris blown against and on top of
them. Yet just across the road,
where formerly stood the Pilkingtol
store, not even the foundation posts
remain, the wind having taken every
thing away, leaving the ground as
bare as the polished surface of a
dining table. And the same wind
carried away a silo, which has not
yet been found, in whole or in part.
A negro family named Smith ocCE-
pied a house on the Rosenberg place
The house is mass of splinterei
wood. Three children are receiving
treatment for hurts at hospital here
The household lares and penants are
scattered to the four winds. The
pardents both are suffering with pain
full injuries. And the youngest child,
an infant, was picked up, virtually
unframed, in the center of a bare
field, almost a quarter of mile from
its home. after the tornado had
passed.
Nobody knows why is hen, EXCEPT
for eggs and there are many other
peculiar things that are not under
stood. about the busy and ever-pop-
ular fowl. A group of negroes stood
near the wreckage of several cabins,
mournfully contemplating their hard
luck in the loss of their possessions.
Suddenly, from the depths of tho
ruins, came qommotion.
"Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut-coo," it came,
and an important little brown
Leghorn appeared and strutted about
proudly, the while a black pickaninny
hurried over and dug lean arm
into the wreckage, the hand emery
ing with the fingers dlasped about an
egg. li@E
Some little distance Of the dollar
way road. back of Ito Pilkington
place, tall tree once stood. Now ali
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-28


Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, returning unexpectedly
tonight from New York, authorized the
Associated Press to make this state
ment:
81 regard the note of my govern
ment as constituting an acceptance of
everything suggested by President
Wilson in his note to the belligerent
nations of Europe"
1t was made clear at the embassy
that Germany stands ready to make
known her terms on the first day of
any conference that may be held.
The German policy upon which the
reply to President Wilson's communi
cation is based was outlined as fol-
lows:
That the conference suggested by
her first should be composed of dele
gates from the belligerent countries
whose duty it would be to settle ter
ritorial terms. Once these are agreed
upon, representatives OF the neutrals
should be called in to participate IN
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-28
NATIONAL BANKS
Resources TOTAL
10 Bill. $40 MIL.
Exceed by Four Millions
Combined Resources Banks
Ten Other Nations.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Resources OF
the national banks of the United
States, Comptroller Williams an
nouned tonight, increased more than
four billion dollars during the past
two years and now aggregate $15,-
a20.000,000, exceeding by about one
billion the total reserves of the Bank
of England, Bank of France, Bank
Of Russia, German Reischbank, Bank
OF Italy, Bank of Spain, Bank of
Netherlands, Bank Of Denmark, Swiss
bank, and the Imperial Bank of
Japan combined
The increase has been at the rate of
approximately Is per cent year dur
ing the past two years, as compared
with per cent for the ten-year peri
Od from 1904 to 1914.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-28

the consideration Of guarantees for
the future, which would have to do
with the freedom o. the seas, limited
disarmament, formation of a world
league of nations to enforce peace
and the establishment of an interna-
tional court of arbitration.
While there were no official advices
upon the subject. the view persisted
in German quarters tonight that the
note of the central powers might be
followed by some highly confidential
oral or written communication 10
President Wilson in which at least
broad tentative terms might be
stated.
Dispatches from Paris and Rome to-
day intimating that the allies could
not discuss peace until they actually
held the territories which they con-
sidered essential for their future was
taken to indicate that the allies want
to wait for substantial military vic
tory and reversal of the present mill
tary situation before discussing peace.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-28
Marshal Won Mackensen's
Forces Closing on Ruman-
ian Oil Center.
NO BIG BATTLES
ON FRENCH FRONT
Greek Army Being DemOhilized in Ac-
cOrdance Promise to AlIieS--ttZar
Declares Germany's Offer Due to
Realization That Defeat Is Near.
ASSOCIATED Press Summary

J
The net of the Teutonic allies ap.
parently is fast closing upon Braila,
Rumania's Oil and grain center on
the Danube. Having taken Filipichti,
80 miles to the southwest, Field
Marshal Won Mackensens troops have
now captured the railroad town of
Rimnik-Sarat, relatively the same dis
lance to the east, while the guns IF
the Dobrudja army are still hammer
ing with some success the Russo-Ru-
manian army on the Dridge-head at
Matchin, on the east bank of the
Danube, opposite Braila.
Prior to the fall o. Rimnik ?Sarat
the Teutonic allies defeated the Rus
slams on front of ten and a half
miles southwest of the town, while
the Teutonic Danube army captured
several fortified villages along the
river, according to the Berlin war Of
fio|e. Petrograd admits that the Rus
slams and Rumanians have been
forced to fall back north of Negura,
but says that elsewhere the invaders
have been defeated with heavy casual
ties.
Since December %. says Berlin,
more than $500 prisoners and 81 ma
chine guns have been captured in Ru-
mania.
Artillery duels, sapping operations
and attacks by small parties featured
Wednesdays fighting ca the frant in
France.
There have been sporadic battles
at several points on the line in Russia,
from Galacia to the Carpathians, but
no important results have been at
tanned by either side.
The usual bombardments are TAX
ing place in the Austro-Italian thea
ire.
In Macedonia comparative quiet
prevails.
The rehabilitation Of the Greek
army, in accordance with Greece's
promise to the entente allies, IS
being carried out, according to in
formation at the British foreign Of
flee.
The Russian emperor has addressed
his soldiers and the people of Russia
in regard to Germany's peace pro-
posal, saying that the offer was
pade because GERMANY feels her COM
plete defeat is near. The emperor
added that the time for peace has not
yet arrived, and expressed confidence
that Russians do not desire peace
until the invaders have been driven
from Russian soil and assurances OBJ
tanned to prevent a repetition of
treacherOuS attack