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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
TESTING UNCLE SANS COINS

A Philadelphia dispatch of the
18th says:
In pursuance of a custom inau-
gurated nearly a century ago, the
assay commission, which tests the
coins of the United States to de-
termine whether they are up to the
required standard of fneness and
weight, met at the United States
Mint in this city today and began
their annual task.
1t was the first duty of the COM
missioners to examine the scales
which were to be used by them in
weighing the coins. The standard
of weight, which is specified in the
statutes regulating the work of
the commission, is brass troy pound
weight. the government being in
possession of a duplicate is kept
with great formality in the dual
charge of the Director of the Mint
and the superintendent of the Phil
adelphia Mint. Each official has a
key to one of the two locks Of the
box, making it impossible to open
it unless both act in conjunction.
Inside of this box is still another
n containing a third in which the
standard pound is securely screwed.
After the members Of the ON
mission has ascertained that their
means for weighing are in first class
order the work of testing the gold
coins beg in. The tests are applied
to col. S from all the minis, bags
of which are forwarded to the Phil
adelphia mint for testing. The tests
are picked discriminatory from the
shipments. In the examinations of
coins the commissioners make use
Of what is known as a tolerance"
or allowing difference of weights
above and below the standard set
for coins The limit Of ~divergency
allowed by law is one and a half
grains for silver and one half grain
for gold. 1t is one of the principal
duties of the commission to see
that these limits have not been ex-
ceeded.
Tomorrow the commissioners
will investigate the fineness of the
gold and sIl ger found in the coins.
1t is expected that the tests will
continHs until the end of the week.
The history of the assay commits
sion dates back to the establishment
of-the first United States mint in
this city in 1928. Its ex-of1cio
officers ere the Judge and the dis.
trict attorney for the eastern dis.
triet Of Pennsylvania, the collector
of the port of Philadelphia and the
appointees of the President.
The appointed members of the
commission by President Wilson in
cludes Senator Shafruth of Colo
RADIO, Representative F. E. Lewis,
of Pennsylvania, Prof. William o.
Brown, of the University of Mis-
souri,; Prof. Francis H. Smith, Of
the University Of Virginia; Miller
s. Bell, of Minedgeville, Ca; F. l..
Shup. of Newton, ILL.,; Prof. o. L..
Shinn, of the University of Penn
%EylvaDia; Prof. E. A. vinson, Of
the University of Arizona; Leonard
Morgan of Philadelphia; Prof. A.
B. Spinuy, of Iowa College, and
Frank p. Brane of Charlotte, N. c..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
MusinaI Ifem

An efficiency" expert without music
In his soul is figuring out how many
nails o bass drummer could drive
with tho same expenditure of en-
ergy.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
Whom MendIna umbrsNan.

Take a small piece Of black stick
ing plaster and soak 1t until It In
quite soft; place It carefully under the
hole inside and let 1t dry. This is bet
ter than darning, as IL closes the hole
neater without stitching.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
improving Influence,

you have a new cook?" eyes"
replied Mrs. Crosslots. rs she DO
ing good work." Yes. She can't
cook very much, but she served notice
that she wouldn't stay If my daughter
didn't quit playing ragtime on the pi.
ano."-Washington Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
About Stains ON Marble.

For removing dirt stains on marble,
gum arabic is excellent. Make a so
luton of gum aral lc and water, letting
It remain on until it dries. Then peel
or wash it of an the dirt comes
with 1t.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13

Literature may be oversexed, as q
contemporary claims. but the modern
output is decidedly undermined at
that.--Washington Post
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
Modified praise

Curate-so you like my sermons,
Mrs. Jobson7
Mrs. Jobson-That we do, sir; an
my husband says II g 'ad arr your tai.
ent . wouldn't be Angling out In this
rotten little yillage.-London Opinion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
1aoucdrTui.

whenever | finish reading one of
my poems" saiG the poet, II always
cave the platform on tiptoe." How
thoughtful" remarked his friend. "To
tVoid waking the audience, 1 suppose"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13

Here's an odd case--a mar.
ries one man thinking he is another"
What's odd about ihat?' Women are
doing that all the time"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
Why2

But don't you want to give me q
kiss, Manolita?" NO, no! My grand
father ays you've got the tongue of
a viper!"-Blanco y Negro (Madrid).
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
1914

Friend-"T suppose this Is even q
more remarkable baby than the one
you had last year" Auto Tiend-"oh,
you bet he Isl Far better model. Got
a longer wheel base. a better pair OF
lamps, and a very much louder horn"
Judge.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13

Porous Bricks.
An ordinary brick will absorb al
luch as 16 ounces Of water.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-13
Hard to I~nterpret

Mrs. shlmmerpate-Heres an odd
thing; part Of u paper tonight 10
printed Ia a foreign language.
Sbimmerpnte--That isn't a foreign
language. The sport writer's are con
Quoting a slang contest this weak.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03

Awnings that will tickle your
pride made to order by Reap & Craw-
ford Furniture Co. If
HENRY ROBERTS & CO., Insur-
ance and Bonds. 1913 IL w. End Ave.
Phone. S19 2-25 tt.
Cal0mel, calomel, you cannot stay,
for Liv.ver-lax has shown us an cas-
Ter way. Ask BedelPs Pharmacy.
Stiff
The largest merchant in the
world, Marshall Field" made his
millions by offering his customers
NOT what HE WANTED, BUT what
they wanted. Then see that your GUS
toners get Genuine COCA-COLA
when they call for it. tt
Quit CalOmel, it is dangerous. Try
Liv.ver-lax, that vegetable liver syrup
guaranteed to produce even better re-
suits than calOmel. 1t IS absolutely
harmless and pleasant to take. Any
child can take it with safety. Ask
BedelPs Pharmacy. Stiff
For seven years VIE have sold
and guaranteed the Herrick Refrig-
orators and have a complete stock to
show you again. If there were any
better to be had VIE would have
them. From $500 up. Spurce and
white enamel finishes, at Cleaveland-
Matthews Hardware Co. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03

There is but one COCA-COLA il
bottles. SC everywhere If
Grigsby's Liv.ver-lax, that delicious
liver syrup, has displaced calomel in
nearly every home. Good for grown
ups and children alike. Ask BedelPs
Pharmacy. Stiff
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03

Clears xion-R Removes Skin
Blemishes.
why go through life embarrassed
and disfgured with pimples, erup-
tons, blackheads, red rough skin, or
suffering the tortures of Eczema
itch, letter, salt rheum. Just ask
your Druggist for DR.. Hobson's Ec-
zema Ointment. Follow the simple
suggestions and your skin worries
are over. Mild. soothing. effective
Excellent for babies and delicate
tender. skin. Stops chapping. AL
ways helps. Relief or money back
SOC. at your Druggist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
PARTICULAR GENTLEMEN

Send their clothes to Dietrich
Clothing Hospitol to be cleaned,
pressed and repaired; we also do re-
lining. make button holes and put
on velvet collars.
Cd hats made new-We call for
and deliver; 22O 1-2 Main street over
Goldberg's Shoe Store.
FRANK DIETRICH, The Tailor.
Phone 1926. 19-10tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
LOCAL

e. A. Howell was confined to his
bed yesterday with illness.
HENRY ROBERTS & c., Fire In.
surance. 1913 IL w. End Ave. Phone,
818. 2-25 f.
Clay Stacker, who has been re-
cuperating at the Davis hospital for
several days, left that institution yes
terday.
Oh, you calomel, get out Of the way
and let Liv.y@.lax do the work.
Purely vegetable. Ask Bedelrs Phar-
macy. STIFF
Our new goods are arriving all
the time. watch our windows for the
new lines. Reap & Crawford Furni-
ture Co. If
Everything to wear. Cash
or Credit. Thos. Smith.
Mother, why do some people eat
other bread than Queen Bread? Be
cause they have never tried it. If
white Mountain" solid stone
lined are best because they consume
less ice, and keep colder. Reap &
Crawford Furniture Co. #
"A force of ten men were put to
work last night stringing a new troll
ley wire on Main street from Second
to Sixth avenues.
Miss Eva Reichardt, supervisor
of rural schools in Arkansas, will
address the students at the High
school this morning.
Our Porch Furniture is the kind
you want, for 1t is the kind that lasts,
and the price is no more than the
other kind. Reap & Crawford Furni-
ture Co. tt
Nothing will add more beauty
and comfort to your home than some
Of our artistic Awnings. Reap &
Crawford Furniture Co. tt
WHAT? You can get manicure
in rs minutes at Hockenhull's Hair
dressing Parlors, 1O2 Pine st. Resi-
dence calls answered promptly, phone
1888.
HAIRDRESSING, Shampooing, Man
touring, Switches made from comb
ings, massage and chiropody. Hook
enhull's Hairdressing Parlors, 102
Pine st. Work Sundays by engage
ment. Phone 1888.
The club plan $1.00 down, s1.0(
per week is popular with the ladies
Ten Hygenic Standard Central Needle
Sit Straight Sewing Machines sold ii
! Two days. Anchor Furniture Co
Sole Agents Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
NEUROLOGICAL
JOHN ALBERT MCGEE.

John Albert MCGEE, 15-months-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. MCGEE, of
1900 East Sixth avenue, died last
night at 7:3O o'clock. The child had
been i'll sixteen days. The best of
medical attention was given him, but
all efforts to save the infants life
were futile.
Funeral services will be said this
afternoon at o'clock at the family
home, by Rev. Barnett, pastor Of Carr
Memorial church. Interment will be
at Bellwood.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
WINDOW GLASS

Call No. 1247, Baughman Cabinent
shop. HANDLES and PUTS IN win
dow glass: 223 w. Barraque street.
9-7-1m
The Bagging market is off on ac-
count Of big crop, but will stick to
my old prices-3c for good small
sacks; SC for good large sacks; one
cent less for one with holes. Phone
241. Sam soltz, 51S e. 3rd Ave.
white Mountain" "The Chest
With Chill In It." sold 10y Reap &
Crawford Furniture Co. exclusively.
If
HENRY ROBERTS & CO., 1nsur-
ance & Loans. 123 ~ w. End Ave.
Phone, 81S. 2-25 If
j. B. Brown, chief clerk of the
railroad mail service, of the Little
Rock postoffice, was in the city yes
terday receiving bids for a new
wagon to be used in delivering the
mail to the depot at this place.
NEW DESIGNS IN JEWELRY FOR
Easter, Jeweled Hair Pins, V-shapetl
Bodice Pins, Lingerie Pins, Veil Pins,
Shoe Buckles, Diamond and Cameo
Rings, Lavallieres, Pins and Brooches
Estimates given on special designs.
Class Pins, Prize Medals, Cups, etc.
Prices are less. Kahn & Moore, Jew
elers and Opticians, 412 Main street
tt
Paint is good investment if yor
use the right kind, it preserves an6
increases the valuation of your
! property. Talk to our Mr.. Williams
manager of our Paint and Wal
Paper department, who is a practica
painter and decorator. Cleveland
Matthews Hardware Co. t
Buy your screen doors now ant
prevent flies getting in the house
Carload just arrived, all sizes ant
grades, 90c up. Black and galvanize'
screen wire in all widths at Cleve
land Matthews Hardware Co. t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
FISH TODAY

Dressed Red Snapper.
Dressed Spanish Mackerel.
Full line fresh vegetables.
HOWELL GROCERY CO..
Phones 574 and 1927.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
Think Bennett Will Recover.

Cair, Egypt, April 1.-The doctors
vim attendance on James Gordon Ben
nett, proprietor of the New York Her.
aid, today expressed hope of his re-
covery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
SPRING is HERE.

SPRING is HERE.
Get your roses and bedding plants
that will grow. We have them.
HARPER FLORAL CO., 1913 E.
Sixth avenue, phone 229. 3-21-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
GENUINE PONDEROSA IONA,

WENUINE FUNDERUSA TUMATA.
Plants from seed direct from Origi-
majors.
As they run from hot bed Is cents
per dozen. Transplanted upon orders
only, at 50 cents per dozen.
GEO. M. WELLS, phones Nos. 12l
and 428, Pine Bluff, Ark. 4-2-12t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03

Mother, why do some people eat
other bread than Queen Bread? Be-
cause they have never tried it. tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-03
Better goods for les $
money!. ThOs. Smith.

Mother, why do some people eat
other bread than Queen Bread? Be-
cause they have never tried it. tt
Leave your tuning orders with
Hollenberg Music Co., they now have
permanent tuner. All orders given
careful and prompt attention. This
is a good season to have. work done
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-21

question OF whether II IS merc1ful TO
put a person suffering from an in
curable disease out of their misery
or whether it is murder has just been
decided here in the case of William
Eberwein, eighty years old, a veteran
of the civil war. The jury called it
murder, and sentenced the old man to
from six to fourteen years in solitary
confinement, which is practically
life sentence for him.
Weak, feeble and tottering, the
man almost collapsed as sentence
was passed upon him after he had
told a story that was listened to in
tense silence.
my wife suffered so long" he said,
brushing his hands across his eyes. \
ct was about seven years, maybe,
but it seemed as if it were twice as
many years. She got cancer on
her foot. Then she had vertigo so
bad she would fail all over. 1 never
knew where would find her, or how
badly she would be bruised.
Sometimes she would fall in the
kitchen, sometimes in the cellar.
was always picking her up and ]
would put her in bed and in a little
while she would be around again and
then she would fall again, and it
seemed she was always being hurt
"Once she went to the hospital, but
it didn't do her any good, for when
she came back, the very day she
came back, this happened
st was out in the yard fixing an ash
box. She said she felt dizzy and was
going to lie down.
"a little while after 1 wanted my
pipe and went in the house. There
was a heap at the foot of the stairs
and knew she had fallen again. She
had tumbled from the top to the bot
tom.
81 don't recollect whether she was
cut or just hurt bad; but she moaned
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-21
AGED MAN WHO BEAT WIFE TO DEATH AT HEF
REQUEST GOES TO PEN

Z know you are says. feeling
as if somehow she would never do
anything else.
IN get an ambulance and take
you to the hospital, told her.
No, she says, and saw her lips
were all blue with the pain. The
hospital hasn't done me any good and
it won't. When they let me out again
I'll just go falling around. Oh, VIII,
liam, don't you see can't always be
going on suffering this way. l can't
bear it any more. just can't bear
it.
"Then l thought maybe she had
tainted because she was so still, and
then she said it.
William, you'll do it, won't you?
You'll do it?'
DO what?' 1 asked, stupid, be7
cause l never dreamed of what she
wanted.
"Kin me. End it all for me-
81 guess l looked at her sort Of
frightened, for she began to beg, and
she told me of all the times she got
hurt and how much she was afraid
of being hurt, and how when the YER
tigo came each time she would fail
wondering if it was going to hurt
more than the last time.
1t won't be committing a crime.
she pleaded we know I've got to
die sometime, don't we And it's no.
sin to kill me rather than let me go
on suffering Oh, l just can't bear
it.
"She said some more, and listen
led, and somehow it began to seem as
if it was all right. You see l had
picked her up so many times and
knew she would just go on falling and
hurting herself until she some time
fell and died. And it didn't seem
wrong.
"Then I picked up the board and
7 tanned her on the head. I couldn't
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
SCALP TROUBLE FOR YEARS

\ 26S Harrison ST., Elyria, Ohio.--"My
case was scalp trouble. / first no.
ticed small lunches on my scalp which
commenced to itch and would
scratch them and in time they got
larger, forming scale or scab with a
little pus, and chunks of hair would
come out when | would scratch them
of. 1t caused me to lose most of my
hair. 1t became thin and dry and life
less. I was troubled for over ten
years with it until it got SO bad was
ashamed to go to barber to get my
hair cut.
II tried everything / could get hold
of, and ---, but received no
cure until commenced using Cuticu-
"a Soap and Ointment when the scale
commenced to disappear. The way
used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
was 10 wash my scalp twice a day
with warm water and Cuticura Soap
and rub on the Cuticura Ointment. l
received benefit in couple of weeks
and was cured In two months.
(Signed) F. J. Busher, Jan. 20, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card" Cuticura, Dept. l.. Boston. ADV.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
SIMPLE AND EASIER TO no
Tramp's Method Not Altogether Tin
like That Followed by Too.
Many Others.


Hoboes came up for discussion in a
Washington club the other night, and
Senator Nathan p. Bryan Of Florida
told this anecdote along the Weary
Willie line: -
Some time ago hobo meekly tap,
ped on the back door of suburban
home and asked for something to; eat
The good housewife responded that
she would feed him on the back step
along with Ffdo, providing he was
willing to earn the meal by cleaning
out the gutter.
The tramp agreed. and when he had
eaten his way through several sand
wiches to feeling of happiness, the
housewife came out with reliable
looking hoe.
You needn't have gone to that trou-
BILE, madam said the hobo, sizing up
the farm implement. Il never use a
hoe in cleaning out a gutter
Never use hoe!" said the woman
with a wondering expression. What
do you use, then, shovef?"
mo, madam" replied the hobo.
starting for the back gate, my meth
cd is to pray for rain
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
ENEMY TO BEAUTIFUL TREES
cottony Maple Scale in Past Ten
Years Has Wrought Serious Dam
age to Many Valuable Trees.

The cottony maple scale is an in.
sect that for the past ten years has
been serious enemy to thousands OF
beautiful and valuable trees. The
food plants of the scale are numerous,
the most important being the soft
maple, linden, box elder, elm, oak,
willow, poplar, beech, hawthorn, syca-
more, locust, blackberry, osage-orange,
mulberry, grape. poison ivy, Virginia
creeper, rose, gooseberry. currant.
peach, plum, pear and apple.
In dealing with the insect it is
necessary to consider iu each case the
advisabiIity of artificial means OF con-
trolling it, In some localities the ma
tural enemies of this pest have done
very efficient work, making In many
cases applications of remedies mad
visable. The Illinois experimental
station states that the scale appears In
great numbers at intervals OF eight or
ten years.
The infested trees, advises the de-
partment, can be treated during the
dormant season with strong solution
Of kerosene emulsion without any in
jury to the trees. This emulsion used
at 25 per cent. or more in strength, or
whale oil soap at the rate of one
pound to gallon of water. has been
reported to be very effective in killing
the scales hit by the spray.
In spraying during the period when
the trees are in foliage a weaker So
luton must necessarily be used. 1t is
not safe to- use kerosene emulsion
stronger than 10 to II per cent oil,
and even at this strength there might
be slight injury to the foliage. 1t
has been demonstrated that a single
application of 10 per cent kerosene
emulsion applied at the proper time
in summer will destroy about two
thirds of the recently matched insects
and two applications, one applied at
the middle and the other at the end
of the Matching period will destroy
four-fifths of them
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
Epitaph for a Trust.

Miss the trusts!" said Senator La
Toilette at luncheon in Washington.
Eyes, oh, yes, when the trusts go we'll
miss them-well miss them like the
widow
"A widow, at her late husbands
funeral, happened, during the burial
service, to drop her handkerchief into
the open grave.
"A young man CALAMITY Offered to
leap down and get the handkerchief
for her.
"But the widow shook her head.
No. she said, leave it there.
have done with tears now
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was "Coffee."

Many pale, sickly persons wonder
for years why they have to suffer so,
and eventually discover that the drug
-caffeine-in coffee is the main cause
of the trouble.
81 was always very fond of coffee
and drank it every day. never had
much flesh and often wondered why ]
was always so pale, thin and weak.
About five years ago my health
completely broke down and was con-
fined to my bed. My stomach was In
such condition that could hardly take
sufficient nourishment to sustain life.
During this time was drinking
coffee, didn't think Ifcould do without
1t.
"After awhile I came to the conclu-
sion that coffee was hurting me, and
decided to give it up and try Postum.
When it was made right-dark and
rich-I soon became very fond Of it.
SIN one week began to feel better.
I could eat more and sleep better. My
sick headaches were less frequent. and
within five months / looked and felt
like a new being, headache spells en-
tirely gone.
my health continued to improve
and today | am well and strong, weigh
148 lbs attribute my present health
to the life-giving qualities of Postum
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road 20 Well
yille." in pkgs.
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled.
instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolyes quickly
in a cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's Reason" for Postum.