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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-26
Unforeseen circumstances


Huntingdon Guardians had been in
formed that woman whom they had
appointed sick ward attendant, had
written that owing to "unforeseen cir.
cumstances" she must withdraw from
the appointment. The clerk had WRIT.
ten that the guardians would probably
want something more than ''unfore.
seen circumstances" as an excuse.
whereupon the woman wrote: "I was
not aware that the young man was
engaged to was about to make me an
offer Of marriage -. II was n
difficult position to be placed In, but
Il had either to accept one or lose the
other" The board hsd accepted the
explanation. London EveninR Stand
ard.
vanities.
Cream half cupful of butter, add
cupful OF powdered sugar, pinch Of
salt, one teaspoonful OF vanills. half q
cupful of milk and one and three
quarters cupfuls Of -four. Spread ON
inverted buttered tins and bake in q
quick oven; cut in squares and roll.
There is less danger OF the waters
breaking II toy are rolled hot This
is done by placing the pans on top OF
the range, when taken from the oven,
90 they do not cool and harden.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-26
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF NE.
VADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.

NADA, In AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.
In the matter Of the Estate of
Thomas S. Porch, Deceased.
= = Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Geo. M. CLAYTON, was
the 11th day of February 1914, ap-
p1ipted, administrator of the estate
CD Thomas s. Porch, deceased, by
order of the District court of the
Fourth Judicial District of the
State of Nevada, in and for the
County of Elko, and having quail
fled as such administrator, letters
of administration of said estate
were issued to him on the gath day
Of February, 1914.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are required to file
the same, with the proper vouchers
and statutory affidavits attached,
with the Clerk of said Court within
three months from the date of the
first publication of this notice.
Dated this 2sth day of February,
1914.
Geo. M. Clayton,
Administrator OF said Estate.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10
See the Show at Gem tonight.

Get the Saturday Evening Post
from Jack Johnson, Jr
Get Saturday Evening Post from
Jack Johnson, Jr..-Phone 242. Advt.
A meeting is being held this after
noon at the court house for the pur-
pose of interesting Prescott and Ne
vada county people in an exhibit at
the Panama Exposition. Mr.. w. d..
Hartwick, of Little Rock is here and
will address the people. Mr.. Hart
wick of the Arkansas motion picture
exhibit and a number of counties have
already signed for exhibits of this ma
ture. This is probably the cheapest
method Of placing ourselves before
the visitors at the exposition and the
probabilities are that Nevada will
contract for several hundred feet of
motion pictures.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10
Things Worth knowing.

To Peel Oranges-Cover with boil
ing water and let stand for five min
utes. This makes it easy to remove
the outside peel and inner white
skin.
Gasoline is better than water for
washing face channels, leaving it
soft and pliable.
To clean a gas range take lemon.
cut in half, cover with a small thin
cloth. Rub the stove all over with
this. Then polish with soft dry
cloth.
Clean furnished silver with a piece
of common raw potato dipped in bak-
ing soda.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10

For Sale-Good young horse, new
buggy and harness. Cheap for cash.
Douglas Brooks. Advt.
For Rent-Good house on East Main
Street. Good location. See d. B.
Brown. Advt.
We handle the best of everything
your trade Observation-Disclosures
Brooks & Co, exclusive grocers.
Advt.
For a pleasant cooling hour you
may 90 to the show at the Gem this
evening. The manager is giving his
patrons better shows right now than
you can see anywhere-the price Is
always the same-5 and 10 cents.
Advt
T. c. Wilson, one of Hampstead
County's best known citizens and for
merly sheriff, suffered a stroke of
paralysis at his home at Columbus
early yesterday mroning, since which
time he has been in a critical condi-
ton. His many Hope friends will
ioin the Star in best wishes for his
early recovery.-Star of Hope.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10
Local News.

Vote for Act No. Monday.
Prescott Daily News-1O cent week.
Generally fair Thursday and Fri
day,
Joe Boswell spent last night down
at Hope.
For Sale-Will sell cheap one wa
gon scale-Sam O. Logan, Advt.
Ben f. johnson is a business visi-
tor out at McCaskill today.
Jack Johnson, Jr,, wants t. sell you
a Saturday Evening Post.
Attorney W. J. Stone of Gurdon,
spent last night in the city
Ross Gillespie spent yesterday in
the city on business matters.
Do not purchase your fall hat until
you see Mrs. Shankle's. Advt
Mrs. w. B. Waller is at home from
a months visit in Heber Springs.
J. NJ. Garland, of Emmett, was at
tending to business in the city today.
The clean sanitary store where
quality and prices count-Douglas
Brooks & Co. Advt.
The Country Gentleman is for sale
by Jack Johnson, Jr., phone 242 and
he will bring you one.
f. r. Williams of Arkadelphia,
spent today in the city attending to
business and seeing friends.
Delicious. Refreshing, Eureka
Springs Ginger Ale. 25 cents per
quart.-Hesterly Drug Store. Advt.
If you fail to get your paper this
afternoon please let us know and we
will send you one and see that you get
it regularly.
Prof. Ellis e. Butcher and family
have returned home from a visit in
Oklahoma with relatives and friends.
Liquid Tar Soap-A fragrant con-
venient preparation for toilet use
and ampooing-Price Is cents per
bottle.-Hesterly Drug Store. Advt.
j. d. Morton was today awarded
the contract for wiring and furnish
ing the lights in the new residence
of Mrs Ethel M. Bemis.
Jack Johnson, Jr., has the Saturday
Evening Post for sale for the week
ending August Is. Phone 242. Advt.
Mrs. Ernest Stanton and son Mas
ter Ernest Stanton, Jr., returned to
their home in TeXarkana last night
after a short visit in the city with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Shankle has a beautiful line
of Pattern hats now on display and
invites all her friends and customers
to come and see them. Will be
pleased to show them. Advt.
/ have secured Miss LYDIA Griffin
of Texarkana and would be glad to
have you call and see our hats before
buying elsewhere.-Mrs. T. G.. Moody.
Advt
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10

Prescott Daily News-1O cent week.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10

News was received in Paris from a
source that was said to be unbiased
that living in Hamburg is becoming
extremely difficult. Eggs now cost
$2.3S per dozen, meat brings almost
any price, and milk and butter are I'M
obtainable.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10

War has always made short work
of spies, but if half the reports are
true, the wholesale execution of sus-
poets Of this character exceeds any
thing hitherto known in warfare.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10
SETTINGS
Farm and Ranch.

Farm and Ranch.
The Servian women have an organ
ization known as the League of Death,
every member of which is sworn to
give her life for the country if need
be. The women have been drilled and
many of them have become experts
with the rife.
All the armies now fighting are US
ing practically the same gun. Ger
many. France, Russia and England
have gone into battle with artillery
so nearly the same that it will be pos
sible to load captured field piece
with the ammunition of the captors.
An Austrian laborer at CifaX,
Washington, mas been arrested and
charged with putting matches in the
grain before threshing. Over 100
machines have been destroyed by
mysterious fires this year. The cause
has been finally traced to matches
placed by dissatisfied laborers.
1t is estimated that no less than
333, $50 Jews will be soldiers in the
European wars Figures presented by
the Modern View on the Jewish sol
diers of all nations are as follows:
Russia 100000; Germany, 6,150. Aus
tria, $4,000; France, 10000; Italy,
1000; Holland, 1000; Belgium, 700;
Servia, 700, ard Bulgaria, $500
Painted a snowy white with a red
band around her hull, the ship of
mercy, Hamburg. sailed from New
York September 1th On board were
10 nurses and 30 surgeons. Every
one on the ship, including sailors,
will be American born The Red
Cross ship will also carry a fund of
81 100000 to be used in relief work
Several American society women
are taking an active part in the big
European war. Mrs. Potter Palmer
and Mrs. Francis Carolan of Chicago
are among those who have applied to
join the French hospital service. Both
of them have resided a part of each
year for several years in Paris Mrs.
Carolan is the daughter of the late
George NJ Pullman.
The battles fought in the field are
the lesat part of the war. The real
battles are those fought by the wo-
men to keep the wolf from the door,
to rear and educate the fatherless
children. To face woe and want re-
quires greater courage than to face
the lannon's mouth, and in all the
ages women have displayed this cour-
age and they will do it again.
War has always made short work
of spies, but if half the reports are
true, the wholesale execution of sus-
poets Of this character exceeds any
thing hitherto known in warfare.
News was received in Paris from a
source that was said to be unbiased
that living in Hamburg is becoming
extremely difficult. Eggs now cost
S2.3S per dozen, meat brings almost
| any price, and milk and butter are un-
obtainable.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10

The Servian women have an organ
ization known as the League of Death,
every member of which is sworn to
give her life for the country if need
be. The women have been drilled and
many of them have become experts
with the rifle.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-09-10

All the armies now fighting are us
ing practically the same gun. Ger
many, France, Russia and England
have gone into battle with artillery
so nearly the same that it will be pos
sible to load a captured field piece
with the ammunition of the captors.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

France. Germany and the United States.
The principal commodity was cacoa and
ivory nuts lRe former selling for over
$4,000 600 and the latter for something
Der to the amount Of 81, co., 600. The cacao
and ivory nuts come almost altogether from
the tropical lowlands along the Pacific and
the chief port for them is Guayaquil. A
great part Of the land about here is given
up to cacao.
great export come from low palm tree,
known as the tagua- The fruit OF this tree
consists Of burs, which look for all the
world like chestnut burs, except they are
as big as your head or bigger. Each bur
contains from 60 to 90 of these vegetable
ivory nuts as big as the fist or q two year
old baby. The nuts are as hard as iron
when ripe but when green they are filled
with a soft ielly-like substance which tastes
like cocoanut milk.
United States a Good Purchaser.
The ivory palms grow wild In the forest,
and the native travel through woods gath
ering the nuts which they bring down to
GuavauuiL OF late years the business has
greatly increased. and there are now or
ganized bands OF taguarOs or ivory nut
gatherers who camp out in the forest and
bring boatloads Of this crop down to Quay
auuiL The United States annually buys
20 600. 900 pounds of these nuts and turns
many other things which are made from
vegetable ivory. We have 23 vegetable ivory
factories and more than $4,000 600 is in
vested in the business The chief centers
Of manufacture are Rochester and Brook
Iyn in New York, Newark in New Jersey.
Of the buttons we use are made Of the
fruit Of these palms, so that it may be
truly said that this little land Of Ecuador
upholds Uncle Sans pantalOons.,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
~ UNCLE ASHDoD ~
81 ~ 9IRl laERKIAs S< Ss
~ ByRlis Parker BlItlor VIZ

~ SEE by the papers," said Sim
Perkins, "how as these here
Il French and Germans and Ital-
fans keen nghtin' duels all the time I
had notion it wasn't allowed no
more. seems to me that any man that
wouid fight a duel can't be more than
half civilized. Now. If a half breed
Piute indian was to fight a duel 1
could understand it. but how civilized
man can 90 out with anoUher man
IA mans got to live up to the Gus
tom of. a country when he's IN 1t, said
Uncle Ashdod- 4 Il remember "heh the
Il bet" said Sim Perkins disgust
edlv lyon fought a duel with KING
- -, eTn'ror or something like that.
can always tell when you start tn&I
Wv 7 bet Won fought him 20 oeaIn.
And I don't believe a word OF II W Aen
Won 20 on and say that any KING OF
emD'Tor would fight a duel with
tough lOokin' old codger ike yOu-
don't believe it, No, SIR
cit wasn't a king fought WITH a I39
60 wasn't an emp TOR nellheI' 80
Uncle AshdOd, cit was Gar ~ W.
the car of Russia. So as 1 was sayAn
me and the Sally Ann was cnar Su
that trip to the Vermont maze Cll
Refinin' company, of North Bennlng-
ssDidnit know there was any whales
IN Vermont" sale Sim Perkins.
serhere amt" said Uncle Ashooo-
That's why the company chartered Ila
and the sally Ann. If whales was =
thick in Vermont as sugar maple lrSes
are the company wouldn't have neeoeu
me. All the company would nave loo zone
then would have been to go up on me
hillside and tap the whales ana ara"
off the oil
said Sim Perkins.
THAT'S how this company got tt
tanned whales and drew off the oil IN
buckets and rendered Il down me
president Of the company was OLD EDen
higgins, and him and his toreIaIners
had been in the maple sugar business
since the beginnin' Of the world, most,
and when he went into the whale oil
business ,-t-,---
ssrThat was a fool idee, now, wasn't it,
Coin into the whale oil business IN
Vermont
sAnd when he went into the whale
oil business" continued Uncle AshdOd,
she reckoned the way his fOrefathers
had got raw material was a good
enough way for him to get it. The
way they got it was tappin' trees and
DRAWN of the sap, and as whale oil
don't come from trees the most natural
thing to do was to tap whales and draw
off the oil Only there wasn't no whales
in his neighborhOOd- So he chartered
the Sally Ann and me and give me
couple of dozen good augurs and some
drip spouts to let the whale oil run
through and some buckets to catch the
oil, and told me to go where the whales
was. So we went there"
And you bored holes in the whales"
said Sim Perkins sarcastically.
mo, we didn'tr said Uncle Ashdod.
eWe sailed until we come to the Ben
ring sea, and then we cast anchor-she
was a cast-iron anchor and was used
to bein' cast-and started to fish for
whales"
81 been a sea-farin' man for nigh on
so years" said Sim Perkins with exas-
peration, "and nOEDdy ever yet had inn
pudence enough to tell me he ever
fished for whales. In the first place a
whale amt a fish, and in the second
place"
TN the second place" said Uncle
Ashdod, "Eben Higgins never told any
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

self nv cousin Abednego does my fightin'
nv proxy for me, for he's one Of the Doc
Titles of Bedford, and fine family that IS.
And when he amt high enough he gets ms
b7otherinlaw, Capt. Josiah P Higginboth-
am of Boston Mass, to fight as his proxy,
60 there YOU are-Captain against Captain
Il mat satisfactory Very says the Rus
eie1 AN right I says then me and the
Co. will fight that way And we did"
ssy-ho won 2'' asked Sim Perkins.
well" said Uncle Ashdod, when the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

Perm, Russia Fetch on your -
begun, but he interrupted me. Excuse me-
he says, but a captain Of the Russian army
can't demean himself to fight an ignOble
fener like you. All right I says, fetch
on his proxy He has none" says the
Russian captain. That's as low as We go.
Nobody less than a Captain can be proxy
for the Tsar And he can't fight you be-
cause you are too ignoble.' All right
says. when I have to fight duel with a
king or emp'ror, bein too ignoble my
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

~ YER a gracefully draped skirt
of black veIours hangs a long
double tunic of Chantilly bound
with velvet The corsage is Of the
same lace over white with touch
Of silver embroidery; the very slight
decollete is bordered with a bold band
Of the velvet very becoming to a fair
complexion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
.LD Salt Tells Of Duel With a Car,
~ But Fails To Convince Sim Very Much

49,, 800 of If was fought with pistols
f 5rfi renf Josiah was in Texas, and capt
v-hisrersoff was in Perm, Russia 50 --7l'
wasn't no great loss OF me .s,,, aid Sin,
saThat was s dickens OF d ousi- 7'iN --
Perkins disgustedly .p fz r---1-
aOnIy kind Pu ever fight sec $500 nee Is,
Ashdod "And just about as ueHsS
these here foreign duels you reaa ABOUT
Copyright. 1914, By Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

body you knew to start a whale forest.
like he told me 'AshdOd,' ne says. we
amt ever goin' to get nowhere if you
out and bore a hole in whale. and
put the drip spout in the hole. and hang
a pail on it. and the next mornin' when
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
Ecuador Dropped Into United States's
Front Yard By the Opening of the Canal
-By--
Frank G Carpenter
Copyright, 1914, by Frank
G. Carpenter.)

0aP South American Republic to Be Brought EsaT New York Than
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

Mandy p. Plat
This Coop IS Mandy
Pansy Plat;
I've heard her called
'smarty-cat!"
She's fond of pert
and saucy jokes;
She's always showing Off
to folks.
She IS so silly
that, I'm sure,
You d never laugh
or listen to her
Don't Be 4 Coop!
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-11

Bilori.-Eruest Seymour. ?. years
Old. who came here three weeks ago
to work for Joseph Pons as a deEiv-
erer Of Ash from the latier's nsh
wharf. vas drowned OF the end OF
the Pous' wharf.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-11
HUERTA'S AGENTS
MAKE STATEMENT
rUEsrA WILL QUIT WHEN EN-
rtRe COUNTRY OF MEXICO
IS pAcIFIEp.
DISPOSE or THE eueRRIlLAs
Procosition Fror Mediasers Wss That
Reeeis Merely Tshe Part N Ne
sistier
oeiesstes Fer Peace.

Nigars Pals. Onterio.-No strings
are attached to Gen. Huerta's promise
TO resign the Mexican presidency a.
soon a. his country is politically pae-
ihcd-- His delegates to the mediation
conference took occasion to say pub
hciy that he does not intend to hid.
behind technicalities.
The Mexican delegation had con
eiuded that their recent statement set
ting forth the attitude os Gen Huer-
tz toward demands for his retirement
was misinterpreted in some quarters
II had been said that under the Ian
xaa<e Of his pledge 10 retire when
the country ~as politically paciaed
Gen Huersa mixht insist on holding
office until all guerilla bands wer. dts-
perssd- On that account another
statement vas issued by the Huerta
delegation Il reads.
Mr.. Rabasz Of the Mexican aeiexa-
ticn has been asked xhaf Is the inter-
pretation given by the Mexican dele
gates 70 the word politically in their
stassnsnt declaring that Gen. Huerta
b prepared 20 withdraw provided that
sr the time % his sffhdrzxaI 'MexScn
shall BE- politically pacin.a-' and II he
tAizks that an Axre~menf between the
two coatendinx parties would not b.
considered a. fzldllfnx Gen Hnersa's
eoatition-
To the above questions Mr.. RahAza
answers that the oppression used By
the t~ie<ztioa dos not mean that
Gen Hn@rsz d~mands the material
pariacatioa sf the eountry. nor the
dispersal q the last of the rruup= q
bandits wntch oxerrun mzny parts oi
4. nakfnx th< rsvolation q presext fos
their a~ie-.ne=z. bat tAAt peace shall
- assured Sy political means vhicl
VII guarantee for tie nation thai
maintenance % av and erxer shfcf
ID in1fsp~nsahi~ 20 tA~ exercise o
eun<ti<zticnal rzz<fsoa<A
Ths en5~<t IN vs~v |. p>a<s. Tn
eo.11kioa b thai thax oa5s<x shaI
have b>~A s<ntsvsA- u = agrs~msu
snssr~s ia - the eon11Rkun n I
~efi f.aali>s ~ if .. ~ aay osh.
n~Ans-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-11
Seventy Graduate.

The twenty-ninth annual session Of
the Mississippi Industrial institute and
College was brought to formal close.
diplomas having been delivered to sew
enty young lady graduates and certin-
cafes OF proficiency in the various in
dustrial arts to ninety
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-11
y. S. OFFERS PEACE PLAN
~ssrts. ~ Least Tenpsrsrisy. Sos
esrcs Tsncieo eioeksds-Amsr-
iesn Plan ssemFsssd.

Niagara Falls. onI-The United
States government. through Justice
Lamar and Frederick W. Lehman.
presented to the three South Ameri-
can nediztors 4 complete plan for the
paeifieation Of Mexico. II Is the same
IN principle as that presented by the
medlators and already agreed to By the
HuertA government. and contempiztes
establishment at the earliest date
practicable a new provisional govern
ment in Mexico City which would con
duct general elections for q permanent
government.
The plan written by the American
delegates AFTER consultation with the
Washington government Is brief and
includes several counter propositions
OF which the Huerta delegates viii be
advised.
From the mediztors themselves IL
became known that the differences in
the two plans are slight A full eon-
ference Of all delegates and mediafors
Is planned This Is for the formal con-
sideration and final drafting OF the
protocal-
Although the question Of whether
the Antilla would be permitted TO lana
her ammunition AZ Tampleo was act
finally disposed Of. the Mexican dele
gales let il be known that. While they
hoped the cargo In some way would
be returned TO New York. they we're
not disposed to interrupt mediation.
even IL the ammunition finally got
ashore
The mediators announced they viii
make public AL the correspondence
that has passed between them and
Gen CarranzA or his axents. No ex-
planation vas made Of the decision to
give out the several notes beyond the
brief statement that the nediafors BE-
heve the time has come to give to the
public the Information they eontain-
Cen- Huersas order reseindinx the
blockade infused q spirit Of optimism.
Tor the situation was threatening.