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Evolution and Immortality.

There is an element in evolution which epdears it to me and to every man; think it throws bright gleams on the question of immortality. I see that the unfolding series in this world are all the time from lower to high CT, that the 'dea is not reached at any point, that the leaf works toward the bud, and the bud toward the blossom, and the blossom toward the tree, and that in the whole experience of hu- man nature, and in the whole economy of the providence of God in regard to the physical world, everything is on the march upward and onward. And one thing is very certain, that neither in the individual nor in the collective mass has the intimation of God in the human conscience verified and fulfilled itself. The imperfection shows that we are not much further than the bud somewhere we have right to pre- science of the blossom.-Henry Ward Beecher.
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HUGHES [)E(LARES EVERY AMERICAN
 WITH PRESIDENT
Late Candidate Against Discus sion That May
 Enbarrass Wilson.

New York, Feb. 1.-Charles Evans Hughes. who was the guest of honor at the annual dinner of the New York alumni of Brown university, to night declared that evc.y loyal American would stand behind the ad- ninistraton in "this solemn hour without partisan thought His decla- ration brought cheering and applause which concluded by the diners stand ing and singing "The Star Spanglcd Banner"
 We are all Americans tonight. standing behind cur president, Oil whom this great responsibility rests, ' said MT. Hughes. Ut is no time to embarrass in any degrce with private utterandes, those charged y:th this responsibility They have the facts. They have the duty to perform. They have the sincere, loyal cooperation of every true American.
 "Hhe exigencies of no nation can fix the limits of American rights. My friends, in this sober hour, we stand loyal, sons of Brown, realizing the privileges of our Ameridan citizen ship. II is an hour of test, that will show what America is made of. We gre desirous that whatever is done, shall be done coolly and deliberately and in a manner that will give 70 every American sense Of profound satisfaction by reason of the wisdom with which the honor and the rights of our country shall be maintained"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
CHILD GETS SICN, GRASS CH0SSSS, I::Et:IV'GGRISij
 # C0SSTIPAYFD
''i a'jiorrja Syrup v F2A" Can't Harm Fender Sttriagh or
 Bowels.

A laxative today saves q siQl child 3,}-crrow. Children simply will moi Ike tAc tlaa from play to empty tEcir towcls, which teCowe cloggc1 Ep With waste. liver gets sluggish; !; stomach sour.
 Look at tko tongue. mother, Ii coated. or your ehld i5 liatlcss. cross, fcvorish, breath bad, restless doesn't eat heartily full Of cold or haa sore throat or any other childrcns ail- ment. give d teaspoonGpl of "Cali- fornia Syrup If Fi@a,' tben don't wor- ry. because II is perfectly harmless and n g lcW hours all this canstpa ton poison, sour bics and fcrmentin& waste will gently move oui of the hcWcls, and Nou have we'll. play ful child again. \ taoroHah "insida rlcansing' is oftime all that is 0ecc5- cary. Il should be thc first trcat- mont given in any sickness.
 Beware ot counterfeit fiG syrup. Ask Ecur druggist fer Q 70 cen hos ilo of "GalifoTnia Syaup of F'iga.' = %hich has full directions for babies Qhildrcn of all ages and for grown HDa plainly printed cn tho bottle. LooE carefully and sec that 1t $ made hy the "CalEornia Zig Syrup CGOTaDN." =AdVt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02

German declaration sufficient for ac- 'ioI. All seemed to take for eranted that decision had been quickly de- lefn'ned It was pointed out that me reason for withholding knowledse IS that time is necessary for com ni@tihG certain arraneanents, many of them of physical nature, 10 prepare the country for entualities which would follow the severance of diplo- nlatic relations.
 The German view. as expressed here, is that the rcutrals should not object to the German blockade, inas- much as they have been unable to raise the British blockade. American ships. Venturi1g into the war zone, would ba in danger of being sunk. hu' it W2s declared Germany and her allies would give up the campaign Hh0u!d n2u rals acting together, cause Gr@2f Eftain to raise her blockade, G should thore be peace confer- once. Austria and Turkey are ex- poeted to make declaration similar tc that of Germany.
 The only announcen1e of the Ger man ambassador hero today was to deny published report that he had told friend he expected to receive his passports within 24 hours. There is no denying. however. that Count yon Bcrns5orff fully expected this governments action would be swift and decisive. Ii became known today that several times last week Count vor Rornstorff sought to discourag ga Americans from sailing for Europe. ii@ declined to Writc letters of intro- dHction for friends, and in othor ways, without disclosing his real reason tried his best to prevent Americans from going 10 Europe.
 Col. x. II. IIousn came to Wash ingto0 today from New York and con- feirad Wijh the president.
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Imprisoned Arm.

In the early days of California a thief with his knife slit hole in a neighboring tent at the head of a bunk, thrust in his arm and extracted bag of gold dust. He was caught with the goods, indicted for burglary and convicted. His counsel moved for an arrest of judgment and a new trial on the ground that he was not guilty of burglary, for he had not 'broken into and entered' the premises, as charged in the indictment. The court refused to grant q new trial, but said that in passing sentence he would take the peculiar circumstances into con sideration. He did so. He sentenced the arm that entered the tent to ten years imprisonment, but accorded to the defendant the option of accom- panying it there or of cutting it off, just as he should choose.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
Everyone Should Drink Hot Water
 in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liver, and bowel poisons before
 breakfast.

To feel your best day in and day cut, to feel Glean inside; no sour bile to coat your tongue and sickon your breath or dull your head no constipation, bilious attacks. sick Headache, colds, rheumatism or SaSsy acid stomach, you must bathc on the inside like you bathe outside. This is vastly more important, beoanse the skine pores do not absorb impurities into the blood, while the bowel pores do. says 2 well-known physician.
 To keep these poisons and toxins well flushed from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, drink before hreakfast each day, d glass of hot water with Q teaspcontul of limestone phosphate in i+. This will cleanse, purify and freshon the entire aii. mentary tract, before puttinS more food into the stomach.
 Get a quarter pound of limestone Phosphate from your pharmacist It is inexpensive and almost tasteless. unpleasant. Drink phosphated hot water every morning to rid your sys- tenn Of these vile poisons and toX- i1s; also to prevent their formation
 To feel like young lclks feel: like yoU felt before yoGr blood. nerves end muscles became saturated With an adeumulat:on of body pqisons, be- Sin this treatment and above al. keep it up. As soap and hot water act on the skin, cleansing. swceten- Ing and purifying, so limestone phos- phate and hot water before break fast, act on the stomach, liver, kid- |ncys aud boWels.-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
Devise key.Makinq Machine.

A ley-making machine that will du" plicate accurately a Yale, Corbin, or similar key, in one minute, has been introduced. All that is necessary is q blank and the key is duplicated. The key is placed in one clamp, the blank in another. The guide disk touches the key, the wheel the corresponding part of the blank, as it is revolved. A hand lever is moved from left to right, until the wheel stops grinding. The machine is so simple anyone eau run it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
.I3Nf OFFICER RETfRHS.

Washington, Hah. 1-A',eT' pore t]4a Il yeas of @o5i32 @oYViee, Col. |oin F. Guilf0Nlc, ce@mardinc the FoUl5h cavalry at &"aofia}1 barracks, h0nclaln, was placed on the retired li@t cf the army today c0 his OWE application. Colo2cl Guilfoylc is fram
 Naryland and was eraduotea from
 Wcst Point in 1877. With thc cXcop- lion of J,ree-ycar detail in the 2diut&nt generals department bis en- tie service has been in the cavalry
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
THREE FIRE ALAnhfS
 FOLLOW CoIIl SNAP
Li;tle Damage Caused by Fires at Homes of '. 6. Blackburn, (. D,
 Afford and G. v. EFenyel.

The fire department answered three calls yesterday afternoon and early last night, but in no in1tance was there damage of consequence. Two Of the fires were caused by burnina fIues, and Fire Chief A. T. B"ienei stated last night that tha weather was ideal for defective flucS to cause trouble aG the wind was drawing the fire up the chimneys, and where wood WAS the fuel used the flames would find the weak spots in inc flues and burn through.
 Damage of about g. was caused by the blaze from the dnfective flue at the home of T. G. Blackburn, 2220 Main street, ahoat 4:30 ?. ii.
 A call al 6:20 D. n. brought the department to the home of C. D. Afford, 161A West Seventh avenue. where some milk and sugar boiled over on a stove, filling the house with smoke. and causing occupants to be- lieve the house was afire. There was TO damage done.
 defective flue caused some little excitement but virtually no damage about 9 D. m. at the home of G. V Weaver, 1911 West Eighth avenue.
 PLANNING CANjat!GN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
Voiced fssr Grievances.

GUi.ng the Dayton flood a good cie lady of color" was rescued with two white women from the deep water and t0t on i1 roof of g. barn for safety After ene boatman had rowed awaS s.he white women both offered prayer lo7 their future safety, but the eolcred woman sat by tn stolld silence. Ono of the white women. turning to hor Bald. "pray, woman, pray. Do some thing to help" The old woman clasped Asr hands, knelt on the roof, rolled aer eyes upward, and said: "Deah Lawd. yo' oncs promised us long tina REG dat Gey neyah would be 10 mc' hccGa Nuw. L&wd. ubat dcea dts yas 1ass1s'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
TO PLAY tnROSSE1vT.
Pine Ruff High Basketball S0uad to
 Start First Journey To-day.

The members of the basketball squad of the Pine Bluff high school will leave Friday afternoon for Cros- sett. where they will play the squad at that place tonieht and tomorrow.
 Neither Coach Bassett nor Physica! Director Von Harten will accompany inc boys, according to the present plan, and the squad will be in charge o' Doe Mccain. Tn the squad will he Jones and Alexander, forwards; Me Gam, center; Quinn. Mcintyre, Will son and Cross, guards.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
LonufeIIoW's Inspiration.

Hawthorne told Longfell0w the story of Evangeline, adding that he had been urged to write romance based on it., but thought it better suited for verse. The story of Hiawatha, related to Schoolcraft by Abraham Le Fort, an Onondaga chieftain, furnished the poet with the outline of his einhellished verse. The 'Tales of Wayside Inn" were suggested by an old colonial hos telry at Sudbury, Mass, which still is in existence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
HARRY @'I SPANIEL NIT GijiL1IY 6. (F
 Ii'!FE; MURDER
Texan Gets .Anotl1a@ Cha1@c of Venue on Charge oI
 4Ar72sv .EEan's I.':H5a4.

San Angelo ToN., FeU, 1--Ilarry ] sparell who was found not guil-y in district court here l. lay of kill ing his wife. Mrs. Crystal Holland Spannell. was granted change of venue to Coleman county on the in dictment chargine him with havin ' murdered l4icut,-Col. N C. Rutlcr of the United States army. and was re leased on bond Of & 00o It was stated that Spanell probably will be ptaced on trial in May in Coleman county for killing Butler.
 'spaneIl was not in the courtroom when thc verdidt was anueuteadz When ho wa infor5neG in his cell 8f the .iury's decision, he gave vent 10 his feelings and sobbod his wife's name repeatedly.
 Spectators ;n tha courtroom choeTed when the iury's findings wore announced
 .s'raaedy Caused Snnsation.
 The killing in Alpine, Tcx., of IicYt. M. c. Butler, of t:lo sixth Irpited States cavalry and Mrs Harry !. Spancll while tho three Wora arjome billing cn July 20. 1916 and for which the latter vac indicted on q charge Of murder, dausea a sen@ation among cpancll was indicted by the grand jury at Alpine or a charge ct lnUr- der but because of the iacal foelin& if was deemed advisable tA grant a chance of venue and the trial wsS aot for Gan Angelo.
 Spaneil was a music teacher at Paylor college at Waco Tex. when he married Crystal lioIand, the dau2htor of Col. John Holland, \ wealthy dattle man ot Western Tex as. Later Spanell went to Alpine with his wife, where he asslmcd the man agement of the Holland hotel which was owned by Mrs. Spanell's father. Mir. and Mrs. Spanell made theiA home at the hotel
 It was there that they met Liouten- ant Colonel Butler when the army of- ficer came to Alpine in command of the cavalry troops on that part of the border. Ileutenant-Colo But Ter made his headquarters at the Hol- land hotel and became the friend of Mr. and Mrs. Spanell.
 On the evening of the tragedy Span ell drove Up to the door of the hotel in his automobile and invited Lieuten. ant-Colonel Butler to accompany nfm and Mrs. Spanell fer 8 ride. When only short distance from the hotel and on the principal street of the little town, shots were heard from the Spaneil automobile and Mrs. Spanell was found ina dying uondi. lion in the rear seat Of the car with Lieutenant Colonel Buffers body be- side her. Her death followed soon after.
 Spanell gave himself ;D but refused to make any statement regarding the tragedy.
 Because of the prominence of the victims, board of injuiry was ap. pointed from the army to make an investigation of the facts. leading up to the tragedy This board complcto- ly cXhonoratcd L;eutenant-Colonel Butler from any blame and the re- pert stated that tho army officers friendship foE MT and Mrs. Slane:l vas honorable and his conduct above re2roach at all times.
 Lieutenant Colonel Butler was the son of Major General Calvert Mathew Butler (retiredD Of South Carolina who was a United States senator at one time. His wife was the daughter of leading family of Nashville, Tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
LOCAL BOY CAPTAIN.

l.. DeWoody Lyle, who is attending washington & Lee university at LeX- ington, Va.. has been elected captain ot the s. P. F. basketball squad. He served as captain of the basketball seuad at the local high school, and n' now' after lapse Of three years, his classmates again confer the honor of
 n,.,uels''.p o,o Cpon him. His grades in
 o.ass"ofk are excellent. and he will ei@oua'e in June in the study of law.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
Comfortable Homes HeIp.

The better farm home is not a pan- acea for all ills of dissatisfaction with farm life. There will be farm boys and farm girls who will want to take up other professions than tilling the soil. The problem, says the depart ment of agriculture, is not to force them to stay on the farm, but to make conditions good enough there that they may make an intelligent choice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
PLANNING CAMPAIGN,
District Deputies Will Srsani7e Glass
 of Members fer \. Q. \. ",

Arrangements will be perfected to- night at the meeting of Pine Bluff lodge No. 36. A. o. U. W, for the big membership campaign which is to be inaugurated at once, and much en- thusiasm is already being shown by the members of the ledge.
 The officers of the lodge have been informed that two district deputies will be sent here to assist in or ganizing big class of new members for the lodge. Details of The cam naisn will be completed at the meet ing tonight. it is announced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
Hiuh Cost of a Stage Career.

Tank Beverly figures that the labor care and attention necessary to the training of a pig for stage purposes would, if properly applied, produce 100000 pounds of bacon, 100000 hams and proportionate amount of sausage and leaf lard.-Topela Capi- tai.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
Appalling Ignorance.

"I dunno how that boy of mine got through college" Didn't he learn anything?" "Why, he can't even read the Latin on his diploma. ."-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
Must Rely on Oneself.

Don't expect too much help. The facts are, you must take care of your- self and usually of two or three others.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-02
]. 5. PREPARES FIR EVENTS T0 F0Il0W
 BREAK WITH GERMANY

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Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-23
RUSSIA
QUIET
1O6 Killed, 77O Hurt in
Recent Rioting in
PetrOgfad
(By United Press)

PETROGRAD, July 81. = Delay
ed)-One hundred rioters were killed
and seven hundred wounded and six
Cossacks we're killed and seventy
wounded in Russia's second revolution
which apparently ended today, after
i've days rioting.
Indications now are the government
is in control. Out of the violence
has come reorganization of free Rus
sia. The government is now in the
hands of the central workmens and
soldiers committee with the Duma
representatives acting as the adminis-
trative body responsible to this com
mittee Petrograd affairs are in immedi-
ate charge of General Polvtzoff, chief
of the army. Irk
=
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-23
(By Spencer Wilkinson)
(Third Article)

LONDON, July 7 -(By MaiD- In
war the infantry soldier is day la
borer and beast of burden. From the
English channel to Verdun there is at
this moment belt of country mile
or two wide which is scanned and scar
red with endless white lines, which
when you come close to them, prove
to be rows of irregular deep trenches
their sides supported by woodwork
or wickwire work and here and there
pierced with salts running deep
down into the earth to underground
chambers, where the troops are guard
ed from shells during the lombard
ment which precedes the attack.
All this earth has been turned by
the infantry soldier. When you see
him marching he is carrying on his
body everything that is indispensable
his kit, his food, his rifle, and cartridg-
es, his steel helmet, his gas mask. He is
one of a thousand moving for hours
along a dusty road or a muddy one
There is a man just in front of him
another just behind him and one on
either side. His normal day is To
march or dig. 1t is weary monotony
from which the excitement of fight
is an occasional relief. In good army
very thorough arrangements are made
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-23
(By United Pressl

WASHINGTON, July 81. - Ameri-
cas- mighty draft closed today with
one number missing, A force of
clerks went thru the list hunting this
missing number. The draft ended
at 2:1S this morning. Ten thousand
numbers were drawn, the 1004th was
a blank. This number is being sought
AS soon as the numbers are verifi-
ed the official list will be sent to all
local boards. The fartherest board
should have its list by Thursday or
Friday. Then the local boards will
notify those who must answer. On
examination they will be listed as re-
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-23
HOW AFRICA GETS THE
WAR NEWS-EVERYDAY

From the New York Times
The war has, from the first been
Drought home to Africa. The four
German colonies, over which the war
extended, have an area more than
lour times as great as Germany and
there has been long and hard fight
ing in all OF them except Togo. Out
side and within these areas of actual
warfare live thousands of whits who
are intensely Interested the Euro
pean struggle. 1t may surprise many
20 kno wthat not few OF these whites
even in the depth Of Africa, are re
icing the essence of the news avery
day and are well informed as to the
most vital facts of the days war his
tory.
When Livingstone died on the south
coast of Lake Bangweolo, Al yeaas
cgo, England did not hear of his death
tor ten months. The place of his
death is only 1876 miles from Eliza
oethville, in the southeast part of the
Belgian Congo, where tow newspa-
pers now print war dispatches from
Europe every day. This town stands
IN the great copper region of Kata-
ange, with a large white population
and 10000 black men i'll its mines.
Nearly 600 miles TO the west is the
large native kingdom of Lunda. Some
800 Belgians, who direct the indus
tries, are eager for war news, and
so the dispatches printed at Eliza
bethville are sent on by wireless,
which is now spreading the news to
many parts of Afrca.
The cable lines that skirt all the
coasts of Africa are the basis of the
present prompt war news service.
England first connected Africa with
Europe by ocean cables. In the IA
nous battle of Isandhlwana, South
Africa, fought in 1879 between the
British and Zulus, the native warriors
killed in a day, with their javelins,
300 of the 1,200 British regulars. 1t
was important to inform the British
government of the great calamity as
soon as possible, but there was no
cable, and it was five weeks before
the news reached Europe. The Eng
lish then encircled Africa with cable
lines; and these have been supple
mented by cables of other nations,
many land wires extending far into
the interior, and wireless extensions
fthe telegraphic service.
Even the Sahara desert is now part
ly belted by a telegraph line, a
French enterprise, with wireless ex-
tension to Timbuktu. Thus this once
mysterious city of the Sudan is now
in touch with the great events of
the day. The Belgian Congo is eff
GENTLY served by the French cable
to Libreville and the land line To
Stanley Pool, where navigation OF
the Upper Congo begins. The news
is then wired up the Congo to the
mouth of the Kassai river, $40 miles
above the mouth of the Congo, anC
then by wireless to Stanley Falls
$40 miles above the Kassia.
These are only the more conspicu
Gus examples of the grea tprogres!
that has been made in bringing th'
former dark continent into close toucl
with the rest ot the world. Il sssm,
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-23
-
WHY NOT HERE1

Colorado last year consumed 4,773
carloads of gasoline and refined oil
Of which 466 carloads were produced
within the state. An effort to stimu-
late oil prospecting is being made by
the Denver Civic and Commercial as
sociation, its efforts being supported
by Prof, r. D. George, state geologist.
The San Juan basin with its immense
coal fields, would appear to be =
splendid place for oil.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-23
PRETTY WELL AWAKE

4 "A NJ
THANK YOU
From the Kansas City Star.
Allied observers probably mean it
IN good part when they say--as so
many have said, in speeches, inter-
news and magazine articles that
The American people do not appear to
realize the magnitude OF their task
n the war and have not yet walked
up to what they will have to do To
accomplish it. Probably they think
II necessary to say this, whether they
know anything about the facts or not,
Just by way of encouraging US to
greater efforts.
But 1t is difficult to sec what more
mere ordinary citizens can DO than
We are doing, unless we take TO shout
ing and running around in circles,
which probably wouldn't help much.
We have imagined it more TO the
purpose to fill our allies war chests,
.hls TO the tune OF more millions
5han we can count at this minute.
We have told off 100000 men from
odr population to draw armies from.
We have told our public servants to
go tie limit in building u vast mer-
chand marine, and in providing equip
ment for fighting. We have author.
lzed them to shave US to the bone in
axes. We have bought all the Lib
erty bonds offered, and raised our Red
Gross fund. We are about to hand
over the key TO the national larder
70 the government and take up an
other hole in our belt SO our allies
can let one out.
For "A people who have not been
toused from deep slumber by the
sound of German guns and the whizz-
ng Of German Zepps we think we
are pretty well awake. We may
lave lost few moments at the start
sitting up in bed and yelling to know
what time IL was, but when we found
yut We reached Tor our things and
Got them on with clerity that it
mas pleased Mr.. Balfour TO compli-
ment US on very highly. And he
ought 10 know, having stood round
and watched John Bull tumble with
MS pants.