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Ant Eater's Convenience.

South America can boast no more remarkable geological product than the "great ant eater" This Interesting mammal. has powerful front claws for tearing open nnthills and decayed logs a tongue that is a foot ill le"Sth. and a long, bushy tai which. according to native observers, is used "to sweep UT the ants." Tn reality the tai! is not employed for Gny such purpose. II serves for something quite different. as one may sec when the animal lies down. Then the hairs of the tast fall both ways over its body in such m"n' ner as to form a sort of roof thntch, shedding rain and keenlng the cwn~ dry in stormy weather.
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Comic Cookery.

To ho.: an egg, you first catch the egg. Never take any of the Is eggs ander the hen. Having caught the egg, prepare a kettle of water hot enough to shave with. but don't stop to shave. You continue to heat the water while peelng the egg. An egg shI,lld be peeled from left to right, al
 ways, as otherwise. you peel against the grain. Catch the water at pre- cisely 76O degrees Fahrenheit, whic. you can ascertain by inserting the 'n' dex finger in the kettle. Then with hammer, nails. and tongue-and-grooN" boards construct small chute, or slide, which you can attsch to the cell Ing, leaving the lower end to swing in the kettle. You then roll the peeled egg down the chute into the water You may then throw away the chnte Allow the egg to boil until completely finished. soft, medium. or adamant, tt suit the tasso. -Four off the water
 lift the egg gecfly but inslstently. a'
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
 MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 No. 15.

Providing credit of State may be loaned and indebtedness incurred to an amount not exceeding two per cent ot the assessed valuation of property in State for the purpose of providing funds to be loaned upon the security of farm lands within the State or mak- ing farm loans; providing Governor. Secretary of State and State Land Com. missioner shall constitute State Lana Board having authority to sell bonds in name of State. place money in state Treasury and loan money to bona tide purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas. and prescribing manner in which such loans shall be made and repaid; dele gating to the Legislature the authority to provide for carrying out. administer ing and safeguarding the provisions or this amendment: providing all provls- Ions of the Constitution of Arkansas in conflict with this amendment are repealed
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FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.

Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 No. 14.
 Be It Resolved by the Senate nno House of Representatives or tnc State of Arkansas, the Majority oI Both Houses Agreeing Thereto:
 That the following is hereby pro posed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the State of Arkansas, anu the same being submitted to the elec- tors of the State for approval or re for Senators and Representatives, IT majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment lhe same shall become part of the Con stitution of the State of Arkansas. to- wit: That Sections end 5 of Article of the Constitution of the State or AT kansas be amended to read as follows: The Supreme Court shall be compos, ed of seven Judges one Of whom shail be styled Chief Justice and elected as such. In the consideration and dects- ion of cases all Judges may sit or the Court may be divided into two dlvls, ions, and the decision of each of said divisions shall be the decision of the Court. The Chief Justice shall assign three of the Associate Justices to each division. and he may change such as- signments from time to time. and the Associate Justices may interchange with each other by agreement among themselves. The concurrence of three Judges shall be necessary to a decis- pn in either division. When the Court is sitting in banc. the Chief Jus tice shall preside, and the concurrence of four shall be necessary to a decis- ion. The Chief Justice shall allot the cases to the divisions. and he may or der any case to be decided or recon- sidered by the court in banc. The Chief Justice may sit in either division and shall preside when so sitting. The Judges of each division shall elect! presiding Judge for that division. who shall preside when the Chief Justice Is not sitting in that division. If the Chief Justice is absent from the Court the senior Judge present shall perform his duties.
 The Governor shall appoint the two additional Judges provided for herein, one of whom shall hold office until his successor is elected at the general cleo. ton for State officers in 1922. ana qualities. and one of whom shall hold office until his successor Is elected at the general election for State officers in 1924 and qualities.
 Approved by the Governor. and nled in the office of the Secretary of State, January F. 1917.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment:
 WitnesA my official signature this. the 24th day of April. 1918.
 fseall TOM J. TERRAL.
 Secretary of State.
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FOR AMENDMENT NO. IS. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IS.

Re It Resolved by the House of Rep resentativcs and the Senate of the State of Arknnsns. the Majority of 10th Houses Agreeing ThcretO'
 That the following is hereby pro posed as an amendment to the Const- tuition of the State of Arkansas, ana the same being submitted to the elec- tors of the State for approval or re- for Senators and Representatives. if majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment. the same shall become a part or the Con- stitution of the State Of Arkansas to- wit:
 Section 1. Notwithstanding the linn itation contained in Section l Of Arti- cle 16 of the Constitution. the credit of the State may be loaned ana lh- debtedness incurred to an amount not exceeding two per cent of the assess ed valuation of all the property in the State for the purpose of providing funds to be loaned upon the security of farm lands within the State. subject to the limitations herein contained.
 Sec. g. The Governor, Secretary of State and State Land Commissioner shall constitute the State Land Board. which board is hereby authorized and directed to issue and sell or pledge bonds in the name of the State. to De known as Arkansas Farm Credit Bonds" in an amount not to exceed two per cent of the assessed valuation
 
 to place the proceeds in the state Treasury in fund to be known as the Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund" "
 Sec. g. Said bonds shall sal od be isSued nn oo s5oooo and s1.000.oo. and shall be is sued in series of sl0.000.0O or; multi ples thereof, drawn to mature In not more than thirty-six years; nor shall said bonds be sold until applications from bona ide purchasers of land az. rreCating sl0O0000 have been filed with and approved by the State Land Board. Said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent per an- mum, and shall be exempt from tax ation by the State of Arkansas. or any of it's subdivisions.
 Sec. A. Said State Land Board Is au- thorized and directed to loan the mon eys in said Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund to bona fide purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas. upon notes se- cured by mortgages or deeds of trust constituting first liens OF such farm lands in amounts which shall not ex- ceed seventy-fve per cent of the ap- praised value of such lands. The cred it of the State shall not be loaned to any person to purchase more than so acres of land, nor land valued at more than $50.00 per acre. Nor shall a loan of less than $200.00 nor more than s3.- OO0.0 .00 be made to any purchaser of land.
 Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made except to owrers who operate" and "occupy" lands mortgag ged, and shall be made for the following purposes: (a) The payment for lands purchased; CT equipment. and the making of i'm provements which. in the judgment of ssid board. will increase the produc- fivfty of such lands or add to their value as a farm home in a degree to Nstify sucb expenditure; and Gel for
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Modern Poetry.

Poetry, like every great force has Followed an evolution of its own. and as 1t comes to us today we may trace in 1t this general tendency. It has tended away from the epic and the ex- pression of broad communal or na- uonal feeling, and expresses now far more than 1t did. in far more subtle and intricate directions, tho feelings of the individual. If 1t gives voice on public, national or international events 1t does so from far mora specialized and personal point of view than of ole, and with something of the acerbity and narrow intellectual outlook of tho party politician. The strength of mod ern poetry hardly seems to lie for the future In this direction.
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Soap Berry Tree.

The jaboncello or soap berry tree grows in the humid parts of western Ecuador. It attains a height of about 1fty feet and has wide-spreading branches and immense quantities of fruit of the size and shape cf cherries The nearly transparent yellowish slSII und pulp surrounding the round black seeds are 80 saponnceous as to be used instead of soap by many people of Ecuador, being equivalent to more than fifty times their weight of tha: material.
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GERMANS BEGIN ID DOUBT THEY
 WILL WIN WAR
Won Kuehlmann's Admls sion Causes Consterna-
 tion in Reichstag.
Qoseaeh 2%35s %.5oS

Paris, June 26.-Acknowledgement bv Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann that Germany cannot be certain of winning the war by force of arms caused an indescribable sensation in the reichstag, says a Zurich dispatch to the Petite Journal.
 His prediction that the war might last thru the fifth winter was re- ceived in silence and there was much ccnsternation among the members of the Right
 The debate which followed was very stormy and pan-Germanists' speeches were interrupted by the Left.
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Name Fits the Tree.

The largest tree in Japan has name which seems to fit it's siZe-cercidi- DhyllMm juponicum. In its native land this tree grows nearly 100 feet high and produces from the crown cluster of stems With total circumference of 50 feet or more. A specimen of this tree now growing in the arboretum, is about thirty years old and has proved perfectly hardy. It is very attractive in the autumn, when the leaves change eheir color t. q clear yellow
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FIELD MASS AT PIKE

Little Rock, June 26.-According to announcement today an impress siye field mass will be celebrated at Camp Pike July 4.
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ROBINSON SPENT
 $4,O39 ON ELECTION

Little Rock, June 26.-According to a statement filed today the recent sensational campaign of Senator J.. T. Robinson cost him $4,039.35.
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lndIIence af Arr.

Life is hard enough for poor mor- tals without having 1t indefinitely en- bittered for them by bad art-Robert Louis Stevenson.
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If One. Why Not the Other7

Little Mabel had just recovered from an attack of the chicken pox. "Well," she informed her mother, "l'm glad that is over. Now what do I have next. turkey pox or duck p0y?'
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Kansas City 6, Toledo 0. At Milwaukee ?, Columbus z. At St. Paul g., Indianapolis 3: At Minneapolis ?, Louisville O.

Little boys straw and cloth hats and soldier caps, 75c values, 4oc. Leayitt's Cut Price Store. Advt.
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
 MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 No. 14.

Amending Sections 2 and of Arti> Gle of the Constitution of the state of Arkansas; providing that the Su- preme Court of the State shall oe composed of seven Judges. one Chlei Justice and six Associate Justices; pro viding the Judges may sit in two al visions. and otherwise providing 'ne manner in which the court snail sl' and shall render its decisions.
 Providing for the selection and cleo tion of the two additional Judges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07

rush that is the keynote of America
 This is my impression of London aft CT eight months spent on your side of the water, quiet, od-fashioned, and very, very calm--I daresay l will get used to 1t in a few days. At present I feel as if I had been pushed into q bacSwater after I had been surging along with the tide of a rushing stream.
 It ceems a strange thing to say, but ] have also missed the shipboard life, those days that were spent in the dolce far-nente of a perfect ocean crossing that had in it the tang of adventure, the suggestion Of unknown dangers
 Of course, people will say it is an ab- surd thing to suggest that an Atlantic voyage during these terrible times can sstly confess that except for a few black hours spent in the hot air of an overcrowded cabin, with the Headlight on the port hole, I thoroughly enjoyed my voyage from one great Atlantic seaport in the west to another in the east. It was so entirely interesting to hear the impressions made by the sea upon bright, breezy, young American officers, who, many of them, had never been upon the ocean before. They had voyaged upon great lakes and giant rivers, across trackless prairies. and over monstrous mountains, but the sea was to them a novelty, and they were full of the wonder and beauty of it.,
 I suppose none of us in that floating city, full of souls, realized the actual dangers that beset us as we zig-zagged across the blue waters with their lacy fr.lls of foam dashing along our cam outraged hull. There were comparative
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
AIlurements of Golf
in Leslie's.

ohm A. Sleicher Tn LeSIe S
 The outsider may decry golf. It may look. to him like foolish pastime of those that my downtrodden and down and-out friend Trotzky calls "the idle rich" but let one get into the at mosphere of the golfers, as they sit In the refreshing air of a summer day
 in February on the wide porch of the Mountain Lake club of Florida
 Under the lofty gray arches you look out upon the mirrored lake, simmer ing in the warm glow of the setting sun-a fiery ball, slowly settling be- low the distant horizon. and listen as these sun drowned, cheery golfers chaff each other. You, who do not know the difference between mall let and golf stick, will soon wonder why you don't. Next day you pro- ceed with native-born Yankee curios- ity to follow some of the friendly play CTS around the course. You watch the golfer hit his ball, but you can seldom follow the little white sphere as it bounds from the tee You hear the players talk of "slicing," "bunkers," "foursomes." putting" and what not. It is all Greek to you. But as you follow the game, your eyes begin to measure the stroke. You see the ball mounting high in the air or swiftly skimming the ground. leaving a slen- der trail of dust, or landing outside the well-kept course and hiding In the palmetto thicket that lines the links. To you. the ball is hopelessly lost. out the players keen eye has marked it's ascent and noted it's descent He walks straight to it. though you would search for it in vain.
 Follow the players around the course after breakfast and again in the aft ernoon. By evening you will feel con- petent to sit with the little group O.: golfers and listen to the tales of tie links with a zest that seemed abso- lutely impossible the day before. And the chances are that on the following day some calculating and appreciative friend knowing the weakness of hu- man nature, will put his club in your hands. drop a ball where you can't. fail to hit it and suggest that you try a stroke yourself You try it. You hit it. It lands hundred feet away. Wonderful, You're on. Early the fol- lowing morning you are taking les- sons, and the next day buying your golf sticks and befitting costume for the links Happy man if you start with nine-hole source. It will tax your patience a bit and your strength bit more But you can take a shower bath and a nap after your hard work and be ready for the next try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07


 dressed received rather harsh treatment from the hands and feet of sturdy young soldiers after the actual alarm was over
 An old lady who was immensely brave and plucky, spent three days and nights going about with divers small bags and imr edimenta, which she wore strapped around her waist. These, together with a large liftbelt, made her somewhat con spicuous. She explained, however, that should fate ordain her to take her place in a lifeboat, she wished to be landed upon a foreign shore with at least a. change of clothes, she refused to be beholden to anybody for the or dinary necessities of life We had baby aboard, also, tiny creature Of five months old, who was being continually cuddled and caressed by colonels, majors, captains and lieutenants That baby, and incidentally it's young mother, re- ceived more attention than almost any body else on board ship, and the nun Der of people who made themselves re- sponble for it's life gave rise to a good deal of doubt as to what might happen in case we had to actually take to the boats; but nothing did happen. Our sunlit, moon 7drenched passage had only the threatening of i'll to betake us. Noth- ing happened. It vast just halcyon days on board that good and steady ship, and now here I am in little old London They are sand bagging the statue of King Charles I, where he sits upon h1S charger with his face set to the House of Parliament, and his back turned to the lions in Trafalgar Square. The streets, to me, seem singuarly peaceful, and yet London is very near to wars alarms. She is the city what waits and listens, and sometimes feel, and always she has the heart of the nation and her allies with her in the great struggle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07

" lew Of our number who had had any experience of the unseen perils that actually encompassed us, therefore our was the spirit born of ignorance, rather taan actual courage, but we listened and
 aughedi and occasionally even scoffed when someone wiser than most told us terrible tales of the sea, and drew vivid word pictures of the horrors that befell travellers nowadays upon the mighty deep Then one of the military bands eve were proud of having two in our shfpload) would strike up lover There"
 'Tickle-toe," and this would be the sig nal for a gay, good natured scurry anon : various nimble-footed young officers 10 secure as partner one of the few women aboard, and dancing on the deck became the joyous interude of mornings lazi- ness.
 But there was hard work done, too aboard that ship. Drilling and all sorts of physical exercises went on among of ficers and men during the whole day, and on occasion when the waves were lit tie less temperate in their movements than usual and people were staggering about the decks, I heard a pretty young Red Cross nurse ask the officer of the day when the 'upsetting exercises were to take place. This apt name for physi- cat drill time was then and there adopt ed aboard ship, and there were invari- ably eager audiences watching tho up setting of the men,
 sports and games between doecks were also tremendously popular, and boxing contests and wrestling competitions were arranged and engaged in with great zest. Even at night, when the decks were dark, and no lighting or smoking Of cigarettes was allowed, and there was a certain suggestion of menace in the air, our spirits scarcely dropped even with the danger zone. We played bridge and we danced and talked and flirted in the happiest fashion possible, and if it had not been for the men in khaki, and the few women aboard, the journey might have been mistaken for just an ordinary peace-time jaunt with all the elements of a joy ride thrown in.
 When an alarm did come, however, and things actually took serious turn, 1t was amazing as well as interesting to note the calm and complete absence of any idea of fear among our number. A few people, I am afraid, would have been a trifle troublesome had the worst actually occurred, but their number was in an absurd minority. One man, who was not wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam, got together all his possessions in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
Lady Mary Back at Home
 Finds London Unchanged
By LADY MARY

London, June 15.-(Special Correspond ence.)-About nine months ago. when I was taking one of my last walks along Piccadllly before embarking for Amer ica, I met the legitimate claimant to the throne of France, the Due dsOrleans. carrying straw bag out of which the legs of a fowl and the tail of fish were poling for all the world to see This week, when was renewing old memories over the same sector. again met him who should be ruler of France had n0t %Ltberte, Esasile fVraternite" triumphed. Once more strolling along the same famous thoroughfare, with still another straw bag dangling from his hand, out of which peeped what was presumably the carcass of another fowl
 London is really rather like this 1t changes So little. You pick up the threads that you left dangling. the stitches that have been dropped, at very much the same place at which you left them When I was in New York few weeks ago the face of things, it's thoughts, and it's onward march seemed to change ap- preciabiy within the space of few short months. Here in London it seemed just the same.
 One of the things that interest me on returning to nay native city, is the new schedule of time thatNprevails In Amer lea l was present when summer time" was inaugurated with all due pomp and ceremony from the clock tower overlook ing Madison Square during the first hour of April l.; but this advance of the clock by one hour made really very little diff terence in New York, at any rate Ws ate our dinners by the dying light or the setting sun, but otherwise the coming and going of people and things was ap- parently as it had been London, how ever, lives now by an entirely new rule or things I went to play last night which began at 745. We arrived at ths door in brilliant sunshine, and after the Tour adts of the play had concluded, we departed in the midst of the silvery haze Of lingering daylight with a pink flush in the west that gave hint of a re- gently departed sunset It was curi-. ous, eerie feeling to find oneself in this silver light, with no lamps burning, no electric. signs glaring, no frenzied rush of traffic, and no scampering sound of overhead ff.3iY1S Tnpdon Sna,,ad to ,,,a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07

As ornamental trees the Japanese and Chinese persimmons are entitled to high rank. When the trees are in full leaf they are handsome without other adorn- ment. The trees loaded with orange and orange-red fruit are among the most striking objects ins the gardens. All thrive in California and in some south efn states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
Often the Way

From the Boston Transcript
 That young man you introduced to me seems to lack opinions on most sub jects.'
 T know, but he makes up for it in his opinion of himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07

Gaberdine shades of solid colors, suitable for suits, skirts, sleeveless coats and general
 wear; this goods is highly mercerized 7E and more beautiful than linen. Yard. SJS White Flannel-Saxony Flannel, 27 in. E0. wide, ideal baby flannel Per yard .. JCC Silk and Linen Crepe de Chne-A sheer crepe
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
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