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Wasting Ones Time.

IL is probable that large Der cent of the money paid for work in all em- ployments, public and private, is vast ed in idfing, talking, smoking and fool. ing around. It can be noticed every day everywhere. It is bad symptom, says the Ohio State Journal. There Is no difference between stealing ones time and stealing ones money. Peo- pie are not in the habit of looking at it that way. They think it is nothing to take ten minutes of mans time for which he Is paid three to ten dol lars day. If one remembers the old adage that time is money, he will cou- clude he is thief if he takes either. Character consists in making honest use of ones time, whether he works on salary or by the minute. It is character that te insist upon, not so much the economy involved as the no. bility of selfhood. That should be the treasure of every true man.
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START BE MADE SOON
 0N RIVER BANK WORK
and Cotton Belt to Co., operate in Work on
 Enbankment, .a

That work on the rip-rap on the river embankment, near the Cotton Belt shops, will be started soon, was the opinion expressed last night by Mayor Simon Bloom upon his return from Little Rock, where he and Judge w. T. Woodbridge had gone to con- fer with Assistant Engineer Van Frank, IT. s. A., relative to the work.
 Senator Joe T. Robinson and Con- gressman Sam Taylor also were con :. ferred with in Little Rock, ahd both promised to assist in having the proper attention given to the need for river. improvement here, es-. pecially revetment work, to prevent further caving of the bank.
 In the rip-rap work near the Cot ton Belt shops the railroad and the goernment will cooperate, the gov ornmcnt seemingly having adopted, ia measure, the policy of helping those who help themselves.
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JUST A VOLUNTEER.

Why didn't wait to be drafted And led to the train by band, Or put in my claim for exemption? Why didn't I hold "up my hand? Why didn't wait for the banquet? !? Why didn't I wait to be cheered? For the drafted men get the credit While I merely volunteered. And nobody gave me banquet, Nobody said kind word; The puff of the engine, the grind of
 the wheels, Was all the goodbye I heard. Then off to the training camp
 hustled To be trained for the next half year, And in the shuttle forgotten I was only volunteer. And perhaps some day in the future, When my little boy sits on my knee, And asks me what did in the great
 war, As his wond'ring eyes look at me. I will have to look back into those
 eyes, That at me so trusting peer, And tell him I was not drafted, That I was only a volunteer.
 VERNON TARVER,
 (Star City.) With U. S. Naval Station, Hospital department, San Francisco, Cal.
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STATE SCHOOL MEET
 WILL BE HELD HERE

Prof. John G. Roseman of Stutt- gart, president of the Arkansas Ath-
 letic association and the Interschool Contest association, and Prof. J. R. Allen, principal of the Pine Bluff High school and past president of the state associations, conferred yesterday with Secretary B. B. Bloom of the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce regard
 ing the next annual contests. Pine Bluff will seek to have the contests held here, and there is good reason to believe that the invitation will be ac-- cepted. 4 A4&fE
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Useless Wishes.

"I wish had not done 1t. I wish I had not said it." How often we hear and say these words. But of what use are they? Nothing was ever dragged back from the past by wish that came afterward. It is the wish that comes before. and prompts us to be cautious, because we desire to do and say what is best that is worth any thing. Preventing is better than re- penting, because preventing spares the repenting that is unable to recall the deed done, and the word spoken.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Founht Hard Tor Freedom.


 sln ancient and early medieval times Nlllva was a part of the Kingdom of Buctria, Parthia and Persia in turn. The great Genghis Khan overran 1t in the year 122l and 1oO years later 1t fell beneath the ruthless sword of famerlane. As early as the seven- .ecnth century the Cossacks had dis covered the wealth of the province. and in 1717 Peter the Great made an unsuccessful effort to annex 1t. A century and quarter later Cza- Niclis olas ulso attempted to conquer 1t. but with, no greater success. Finally, in 1873, three Russian columns were set in motion with the design of sQueez- ing the country into submission. In May of that ycar Khiva capitulated and mo khan agreed to pay war in- sclnnity of $11,OOO0O0, debt which k still being liquidated in annual in- sta,mcnts -Natona. Geographic So- ..viy Bulletin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Cotton Instead of silk.

For almost hundred years no one thought of making thread other than from linen and silk. Cotton was not so much as thought of. Then Napoleon, who had been devastating Europe. thought he would strike blow at the silk industry of Hamburg, and caused the stocks of silk to bs burned. The thread makers of Paisley thus found their supplies of raw material cut off, and they had to look about to find Q substitute. Cotton was tried, and was found to answer the purpose so well that the basis of an entirely new indus try was laid-the manufacture of "cOt- ton" thread. From this time on the progress of the new industry was steady.
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began taking it and I am now in good health and am cured. took the Com pound three times . day after meals, and on retiring at night. Ialways keep . bottle in the house. Mrs. L. N. BuRNHAM, 295 South St., Jamaica, NY.
 Women who recover their health nat urally tell others what helped them. aome write and allow their names and photographs to be published with testi- Inonials. Many more tell their friends. WFite Lydia E. Pinkham Medi- cine Co. (c0nfldential), Lynn. Mass., for anything you need to know about your ailments.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Mullen stal,<s. for Funerais.

The mullen has had many uses. Tho Romans dipped the stalk into tallow and used 1t as funeral torch. In the middle ages it WAS used as candle wick by many people. It is reputed to have medicinal virtues for both man and beast. smoking dry mullen leaves and drinking mullen tea being resorted to by those having colds. It won, in England. by reason of its rep utation as a healer of cattle diseases the name of "bullock's lungwort"
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HAUBER THEATRE

The new World-Picture Brady Made which will be the attraction at the Hauber theatre on Thursday, will be "The Burglar" the picturization If popular best selling novel from which Augustus Thomas made one of his most successful plays. Three World stars appear in this prOduc- tion. They are Carlyle Blackwell, Evelyn Greeley and Madge Evans. "The Burglar" is the photoplay which William A.. Brady, declares is the very best five reel picture ever turn cd out.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Origin Of Moon In Doubt.

3es Origin .of Moon In Doubt.
 Many theories of the origin of the moon have been advanced, but all seem to present some difficulties. Our satellite furnishes us many un. solved problems. A belief in the nicteoric origin of the moon is now quite general. According tc ....i;s be- lief the earth was surrounded in the early stages of it's existence by ring of 4netcoric matter The material forming the ring gradually gathered into one mass, our present moon, whose pitted face gives evidence cf the bombardment 1t received from me teOric masses within the ring. Accord ing to this theory our satellite has al- ways been dead world, cold and lifeless mass of meteoric rock. It has never felt the pulse of lie or under gone the mighty changes that have passed over its ruling planet. It has remained a cold and silent witness 10 vast evolutionary processes going s.n upon neighboring world such es It could never experience for It. self.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

Time it! In five minutes your sour, acid stomach feels fine. No inGiges- tion, heartburn, or belching of gas. or cructations of undigested food, no dizziness, bloating, foul breath or headache.
 Pape's Diapepsin is noted for it's speed in swcetening upset stomachs. It is the surest, quickest and most certain stomach antiacid in the whole world and besides, it is harmless.
 Millions of men and women now cat their favorite foods without fear they know Pape's Diapepsin will save them from such misery.
 Please, for your sake, get large
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Gas, Gas, Indigestion, Sourness,
 Upset Stomach Tapes DiapepsIn
Instant Relief! Neutralizes stomach acds stopping
 dyspepsia heartburn, belching, distress. Read!

fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any drug store and put your stomach right. Don't keep on being miserable-life is too short-you are not here long. so make your stay agreeable. Eat what you like and en- joy it, without dread of acid fermen- tation in the stomach.
 Papc's Diapepsin belongs in your home anyway. Should one of the fam fly eat something which don't agree with them, or in case of an attack of Indigestion or stomach Arrangement due to fermentation and acidity, at daytime or during the night, it is handy to give the quickest, surest relief known Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
MRS. SMITH IMPROVES

Mrs. D. E. Smith of Wabbaseka, who was injured at Wabbaseka re- gently when the automobile in which ehe was riding with her husband and children stalled" on the. track ana was hit by Cotton Belt train, IS slowly improving at the Clark sani- tariun, where she. and her husband, who also was injured, were brought Immediately after the accident. It is feared that Mrs. Smith will be per- inanently maimed as a result of the accident.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Wrist Watch Slow to Win.

The wrist watch has been very slow h coming into it's rightful place in these United, States. It is about 15 years since it appeared. At first it was considered a piece of jewelry which could only be worn upon femi- nine wrist. The bracelet in gold and the timepiece were often combined. There are. of course, some manly indi- viduals who wear bracelets even with out the pretext that they need them as watch settings. The old Roman legionaries and the fierce Numidians wore their bracelets high 0n the upper arm so that they could flex their bulging biceps against them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Sycamore Fig Tree Common.

Sycamore Fig Tree Common.
 In Arabia and Egypt one of the com honest of trees is the sycamore fig, which bears a fruit that is unique and inexplicable in that 1t seems to serve no other purpose than that of sup plying nesting place for certain wasp, and the wasp seems to have no other reason for existence than the ripening of tine figs, according to the Baltimore Sun. The fruit, which is a fleshy receptacle holding large numF Der of tiny flowers inside it, grows in clusters upon leaf1ess branches sof old wood; 1t never attains more than two and half inches long by one and three-quarters wide, is tasteless and only partially edible; but as it may be found at all times of the year it is greatly esteemed by the natives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Strange Doings.

SITNH96 OUINvS'
 The increased demand for woman intuition workers, and for woman workers of all kinds, had resulted in the arrival in London, for the purpose of engaging in domestic service, of a girl from the west of Ireland. She was cordially received, and thus she wrote home: "It's strange place I'm com- ing to, surely; cabs widout horses and the lady of the house playing the pian- ner wid her feet, and talkin' to herself perpetual down a candlestick In the Gull."->.Argonaut.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

weak, 0izzy, ner- |vous, with h Q t 1 flashes and felt very miserable, as l was
 irregular for two years. One day
 when I was feeling
 unusually bad my |sister-in-law came
 n and said, I
 wish you would try
 Lydia E. Pinkham's | |Conno,,nd' C0 r
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Rax Rum.

The basis of baysru is Jamaica of St. Croix rum made from the skim mings of the sugar boilers, the scrap ings of sugar barrels, and the wash lngs from sugar pots, For the best grade of bay rum the rum must be free from foreign odors and almost color less.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Some Golfer.

Willis-"I played golf yesterday for the first time." Gillis-"How did you make out?" Willis-"Fine. Made a home run right at the start. I hit the first ball into the tall grass in left field and ran around the whole IS holes before they found it."-Puck,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
TULSA DEAD MAN RECOGNIZED AS
 BANK ROBBER

Fayetteville, Nov. 10.-A dead man at Tulsa, who gave the name of Lee Harris, has been identified by Assist ant Cashier Pyatt of Cane Hill, as one of two men who robbed the bank at Cane Hill of $1,OOO three weeks ago. According to word from Cane Hill the man was killed resisthing arrest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
CHEsNUTT IN sANITARIUM

Cf1as. J. Chesnutt, sales manager of the Gillespie Brother Grocery com pany, was taken to the Florence san itarium yesterday, and operated upon for gall stones. He was resting well Ilaat evening
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
What Did She Mean2

She-'Let us sit nearer the music" He-"But then you can't hear what I'm saying to you." She (rising)-"I know. Come along."-Boston Tran script.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
PAGE GOES TO NEW ORLEANS.

Little Rock, Nov. 10.-John H. Page, commissioner of agriculture, left to- day for New Orleans to attend the National Farmers livestock show, where he is one of the judges of agri- cultural products.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
CAR AND WAGON CRASH.

Several windows of West Second East Sixth street car were smashed yesterday in collision with wagon, driven by negro, at the intersection Of Main and Fourth. No one was injured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Grass sseedsS for Food.

Among grass seeds those used for food are barley corn nillet, oats. rice rye. wheat and a'fewsless important i; roots of many are used for medicine; {; stems. as of sugar cane for sugar, mos lasses. etc.; bamboos for timber and other uses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
uss forGsoiv sean..

oil mills on thei Pacific coast have ben operating Tor several years with ~ .bfAns. imported from Manchuria. a3d have found,a a ready sale in that rGion for the oil. cake and other prod-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

Our soldiers in France are thinking of Christmas. too. Be sure to mail your gift before November 15
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

Are you doing your bit'' in saving food for our allies and our soldiers and sailors? &
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

The production of rubber is among the great possibilities of the Philip pine islands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

More than two-thirds of the worlds supply of tin is mined in the Malay peninsula.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

The bill poucl of the pelican will hold from three to eight pounds of fish.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Black Paper.

AItd9 not always easy to get hold of askood sample of black paper for mak. .t(g masks-a paper, that Is, which is ad6solutely opaque and free from pin. Atles. The black paper that Is used on roll film cartridges is particularly suit a6le for the purpose. If the photogra- pher Is plate and not film user, k 1T still likely that he will know some one who does use fllms-or that his aealer develops them -~ and either should be willing to give him nand- tut of what otherwise would be regard cd as rubbish. When obtained 1t should be cut to size and put away flat, under pressure until 1t is wanted for use.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
MRS, BURNHAM
 JAMAICA, N. '.
Sufferings Cured by Medi- cine Recommended by
 Sister.in-law.

Jamaica, N. Y.--'T suffered greatly with my head and with backache, was
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Duty of Happiness.

Keeping oneself reasonably happy is duty that ought not to be shirked. Science is telling us these days that to get out of the habit of enjoyment Is to get depressed in vitality and vigor, to weaken in efficiency, and to grow old before ones time. There is nots> ing like laugSter-not empty-headed laughter. but the intelligent, whole some. kindly hearted kind-to keep people yodng and fresh and fit fos business and the obligations of living. Of course, this is prescription not easy to live up to always, but there Is 20 reasonable excuse for not trying to do it. Sometimes it is just about as easy to be happy as to be miserable # one makes up his mind to it, and there is no doubt at all as to which pays the beSt.-Onward.
 Turkish ToWels.
 Turkey >exports more towels than any other country, which is largely be- cause the average Turk has no use for a towel himself. When the first Turk made towel he couldn't imagine what to do with 1t, so he sold 1t to a tourist and in this way the Turkish towel in- dustry arose. A Turk has no patience with towel. As soon as he makes one le wants to have 1t out of his sight. He doesn't mind Turkish rugs, and he will even smoke Turkish cigarette, but Turkish towel gets him going. The leading feature of a Turk. lsl towel Is that you can dry yourself on both sides, which makes it of spe- cial value. Operating a Turkish towel Is quite knack and most people de- velop their own style of play. A man can get more sHtgofousl exercise after Q morning bathsin drying his back with Turkish towel than in hustling trunks. The only objection to Turkish towels as an exercise is thnt it doesn't get you out in the open air.-nlinols State Register.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

That's easy fer tn editur O. tn Wom-
ans Page. She kin even tell how T.
Danish that "single agin" feelin'.
How t utilize ole apron strings, use
full articles made from discarded
broom straws, simple recipes fer cher
ry pies (open face er huntin' caSe),
exposure O. tn many tricks on tn un-
suspectin' in tn selection O. cucum-
ber, coaXin' verbenas in February, how
t bring out tn sunken cheeks O. a
wllted turnip, nifty aprons from shirt
tails, how t. discourage sick ants, how
t avoid tn appearance O. haste an fur
ry in servin' guinea, tn value O. tn
carrot in carryin' out color schemes,
lastin' tints fer ear lObes, suitable
coifures an throat joggers fer retreat
in chins an veined fOreheads, an
how t winter lantana in tn latitude
O. Detroit. TIL Editur O. tn Woman's
Page knows all o these things.
TIL Woman's Page is enough t.
make tn ole time mother turn over
in her grave under tn cedar tree an
shake hands with herself.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Queer WAY of Smoking.

When you sit down comfortably
with your pipe, tobacco and matches,
intent upon a quiet smoke, it prob
ably doesn't strike you that there are
smokers of other races who 60 about
wooing the goddess Nicotine in very
odd ways. The natives Of South At
rica are inveterate smokers, but some
of them indulge in the habit in a dis
tlnctly queer fashion. The pipe" is
made by thruSting two sticks into the
ground so as to meet at an angle /;
when they are withdrawn two tunnels
are left behind. A hollow reed is
stuck in one hole, and the tobacco
placed in the other and lighted. Be-
fore beginning operations the native
fills his mouth with water, drawing in
the smoke with a gurgling sound and
blowing out the water and smoke
through a second reed. A poor way
of smoking to a white man, but the
kafirs are very fond Of it.-Wide
World Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
OLD TOWN BOYS

"DO you ever bump up agin' Perce
Dunstan in your travels, Milt?" asked
Gabe Craw.
"Yes, Percy is night clerk in a
dOllar-a-day hut-tel in Wichita"
"Well, he wuz good pool player"
"Milt, do you remember tn Sargent
girl that run away with tn professor
O. tn ole Acme Skatin' rink jist about
tn time you went west?" asked Ez
Pash.
They're livin' at Coffeyville, Kan
sas, down on tn border. They've got
five children, all in college, an they
travel most O. tn time an enjoy ther
money"
"Somebuddy ought t. go t. Coffey-
vile an show her up"
do you ever run int Andy Gard
out West" asked Tilford Moots.
"Oh, yes. Andy is very wealthy an
at tn head O. big college,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

Where stop watch is available tn
time spent in countin' may be profit
ably employed with other duties O. tn
kitchen.
TIL above is jist a sample from
one department on tn Woman's Page
O. tn average newspaper. TIL other
columns are devoted t flirtin', fallin'
hair, fiat chests, marriage an recipes
fer cold baked p'taters, freckles an
catsup.
If young hOusekeeper is goin' t.
entertain some folks from Pennsyl-
vania that used t. know her husband
when tn world seemed bright she
consults tn W0man's Page an finds
out how t. make chuck steak allur-
in, an how t. make tn dinin' room
gay with highly cOlored inexpensive
blooms when tn snow is on tn
ground, an how t. make candle-sticks
out O. rosy-cheeked apples at nickel
per.
TIL WOman's Page tells how girls
who kin remember tn FrancO-Prus-
sian War may be ironed out an tinted
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Sea-SaIt as Fertilizer.

Close observers at the Royal Agri-
cultural Station of Magyar-Ovar, Hun
gary, find that sea-salt markedly af-
fects certain crops. 1t is generally
supposed that sea-salt is poisonous to
plant life-an impression strengthened
by the fact that many parts of the
country near the sea are barren. Some
plants, however, thrive well on soil
that has been washed by the sea, and
the Hungarian experiments seem to
prove that a certain quantity of sea-
salt acts as a stimulant to crops in
general. The investigators fertilized
some beet-sugar fields with sea-salt and
got astonishing crops. The expert
ments will be continued, although the
results for the last four years have
been uniformly the same.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

Milt Whitehill, an ole Brown coun-
ty boy, who went west in tn eighties,
dropped in on his boyhood friends here
Friday. He's on his way t Washin'tOn
t. see President Wilson about consid-
erin tn widenin' O. tn Arkansas river.
what ever become O. Elan Swal-
low, Milt?" asked ole Niles Turner.
20, he's one O. tn big guns O. Jay
Bird, Kansas"
"Umph! He wuz an awful failure
durin' his ole sawmill days"
did Pogue Spry ever finally amount
t. anything Milt?" asked Hon. tx
editur Gale Fluhart.
"Pogue is now promotin' a big irri-
gatin' scheme in Idaho an worth q
million"
I'VE used t. think he wuz a bur-
glar."
"Well, what ever become O. poor
Henry Sapp? asked Upton Bud.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Sam Has sunIlt Nation, Too.

l shall not forget my first sight of
the Aleutian islands, writes Frank q.
Carpenter from Alaska. We had
passed no land for two days when we
came to the Island of Unimak, which
is at the end of the Alaska peninsula
and which forms the beginning of the
great chain of islets that reaches from
Alaska almost to Asia. The islands
lie in great crescent which look like
stepping stones on the face of the sea.
They form the arc of great circle
reaching from the western to the east
ern hemisphere. Unimak lies on our
side of the world and Attu, the last
of our islands, is in the orient, 1900
miles distant and not far from Kam-
chatka. We have a cOaling station
on the Island of Kiska, which is in
the eastern hemisphere, and there the
evening twilight has not disappeared
when the sun Is rising in Maine. John
Bull often boasts that the sun never
sets on British possessions. The same
is true of Uncle Sans dOminions,
when we take in Attur island and the
Philippine archipelago.