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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-22
F o R R F N T

FOR RENT-ONE ROOM FURNISH ed; large, well ventilated; 713
 Main street, telephone 2148. 12-19-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-22

New Orleans Spot Cotton.
 we" Ycrk, Dec. 21.-Spot cotton qulet; mlddling uplands, 12.1Oc; sales, 1,050 bales.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-22
Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 7. l9l5. l2-8-t
 sTOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of tue stock
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-22
NOTICE.

Pine Bluff. Ark, Dec. 1,1915. 12-1-1u
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

the larger proportion of the valuable protein and
mineral matter is in the outer layers, it is how
serious this loss It. The skin is not paatable TO all
persons although like it. But If it is to be re-
moved, should be borne in mind that the waste Of
total substance is about twice great when the pairing
is done before the boiling when is done afterward
II the potato cut into dice before cooking 1t is
tced that standing it becomes dark. In order to
overcome this difficulty the potatoes covered with
and allowed to stand until 1t is time to cook them
Old potatoes often soaked In cold water. Expert
ments have shown that pared potato soaked for from
three to FIVE hours loses about three times much of
its mineral matter and seven times much OF It's pro-
tein as that is pared and put to cook imme
diately When potatoes both pared and soaked the
loss in bushe has been shown by experiments at
the New York State College Of Agriculture to be equiva
lent to pound OF sirlon steak.
Another factor influencing loss Of nutriment is the
temperature Of the water in which the potatoes put
to cook Here again experiments prove that there
has been waste of the minerals for which money has
been spent In this the Of cold water instead
Of boiling at the beginning gives inconsder-
able loss of ASH but twice great loss of protein
II the potatoes washed thoroughly and them without
being pared or soaked are put on to cook in boiling
water, there is practically loss
In other words when potatoes cooked by the most
wastefuA method (skins removed, potatoes soaked,
cooking started in cold waer the of protein is 81
per cent and that OF ash is SO per cent when by
the least wasteful method (sns not removed potatoes
not soaked cooking started in boiling water the loss
of protein is 16 cent and that of ash 40 per
All these facts make it plain that potatoes should be
cooked in such way to retain the valuable nuritive
matter and that the material extracted from them
should be used in soups sauces. graves and the like
When prepared they should be they are one of the
most healthfu foods we can eat as we'll as of the
most economical
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

ounces to a Avecent loaf, costs 66 cents q pound.
In 10 cents worth Of each Of these three articles
potatoes give from 81 to 80 grams OF protein -four lis
grams, and bread Ga grams. Comparing the energy
value Of the main purposes for which these foods
usually included in meals potatoes furnish from
1882 to $3.50 calories; -four $3.50 caIories and bread
LIB calories. Thus from potatoes at either price we
getting considerably energy than from bread
OF the minerals 10 cents spent for potatoes may buy
from three to four times much calcium and from
three to FIVE times much phosphorus in the flour
of the bread purchased from two to four times much
iron in the flour and about times as in
the bread. From the standpoint of acidforming and
baseformng materials, the excess Of baseformng ee-
mens in 10 cents worth OF potatoes may be 161 to 25S
units while In -four there may be of 80 units
and in bread Of 4S units Of acid-forming elements.
Cooking potato increases its paatablity and makes
it easily digested Heat Transforms the water into
steam and the resulting expansion breaks down the cell
walls and lets out the starch grans the protein be-
coaguated, just the white of egg does when
cooked; the mineral salts only slightly affected.
However by the methods of preparation that per-
haps most commonly used, very large proportion Of
the nutritious substances may be lost From all points
of view, baking and steamng apparently the best
methods of cooking potatoes.
potato baked in a. slow oven is much inferior to a
potato properly boiled however because the heat has
not been intense enough to the cell walls to be
broken down. and the result is a soggy which
the digestive juices cannot act freely Too rapid boil
ing likely to puverze the outside OF the potato before
the inside becomes tender, thus causing waste
The chief ways in which losses of nutritive matter
occur in cooking potatoes in parng both by cutting
away valuable material and by exposing the soluble sub
stances to the action of the water in exposing large
amount of surface to the water when the potato is
cut in dice in soaking before cooking and in the
Of cold water at the beginning Of the cooking
1t has been estimated that in pairing a. potato the
loss may be 20 per cent When 1t is remembered that
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

In one very interesting case men.
toned in medical books, a man could
hurl books couple of yards away
simply by twitching the muscles on
the top Of his head. But, generally
speaking, our skin muscles are even
more dead nowadays than our ear
muscles. We've neglected them.
The only set still in use are those
we employ when we want to raise
our eyebrows.
The appendix is another thing we
could do quite we'll without. 1t is a
relic from old vegetarian days. 1t
has been worthless ever since man.
kind started meat-eating and is apt
to get In the way.
The large intestine, too, is thing
we really don't need nowadays. The
many coils of the long tube are, &C.
cording to the doctors, quite I'M
necessary, now mankind has become
a fesh-eating animal, and merely
provide a resting place for germs
Surgeons have often cut out a few
odd coils and stitched the ends to-
gether. We don't really need to
carry great intestine about with
us.
Another thing we don't need much
nowadays is the instinct to walk on
hands and feet together. You think
walking upright the only natural way
for men? 1t isn't. If ever you have
to make your way along some narrow
plank or some narrow, dizzy noun
tain ledge you will find the old in.
stinct strong in you.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

wounds, not serious enough to bring
about this twilight state upon the
nerves, which inflict most conscious
pain.
In q very small percentage of
cases, euthanasia takes on another
phase which, though temporarily OF
benefit to the patient, is a warning
OF danger to the surgeon. In those
rare cases, the patient seems to be-
come unduly exhilarated. His eye
balls expand and he laughs and talks
and sings as II inebriated. In such
cases the danger OF surgical shock
following the operation is very grave
and often fatal. .
In the light of modern surgery,
there is much to reassure our faith
in the far-reaching provisions OF
nature to protect all life from under
going torture as great as we may at
times imagine possible We Imay
now believe that death comes only
with the same quieting hand that is
laid upon US as we sleep; that the
summons, ito Join the innumerable
caravan" is never a clarion call OF,
tremendous conscious agony, but is
rather a quiet drifting. a gentle touch
without sound or hurt, like a door
that is softly closed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
YOUR HAIR Shows WHAT YOU ARE

THAT the color OF your hair may be fun of hidden
meaning is the newest scientific discovery about
the reading Of character. II you are the pos
SCISSOR Of dull black hair for instance your disposition
probably Jealous one and there is in your compost
ton tendency 10 treachery. Light hair on the other
hand denotes sensitveness OF character a readiness
to respond quickly to real fanced wrongs and pre-
vailing loneliness of manner in regard matters OF
trihing nature
Possessors of brown hair of a good deep color and
firm texture congratulate themselves on their nat
urai endowment Of good judgment. good reasoning
power and plenty Of common IT, however in the
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

OF agony are indeed not evidences of
conscious pain.
This surgeon says that in many
cases he has observed young doc
tors. when about to operate on badly
mangled ,sefdiers. are more seriously
affected and mentally tortured than
the victim OF the wound himself;
that frequently the evidences OF the
approaching death struggle are more
apparent In observers than in the
mutilated bodies which they are
forced to see.
With the most violent wounds, the
only conscious sensations are usually
a sort OF cold numbness, preparatory
TO fever. and the quieting descent
OF euthanasia. II Is the smaller
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Our Eyes NEVER SEE A RAINDROP

cession Of images, the retina--and that is what
see.
But why does the retina show this succession Of
images? 1t certainly at any time the drop in
Just position 1t would that the last position
seen would be the This is not the case and the
cause due to what is known persistence OF vision
We cannot quit seeing thing Immediately after getting
view OF IT, It takes about eighth of second for the
retina to lose image-and so this succession of
images will be the rena at one time and will cause
a streak.
For the same reason the spokes OF rapidly rotating
wheel cannot be seen except blur For the same
reason moving pictures possible.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Why We Should
EAT MORE
POTATOES

TT HE purpose Of food is to supply the body with
material for It's growth and repair and with the
energy required to keep II in good running order.
We have long realized dependence starches,
sugars and fats for energy with which to do work
and keep warm proteins, furnished by milk eggs,
meat and legumes, for building material both in the de-
veopment and in the repair OF the body and water
for its important part in the transportation Of the food
within the body, for keeping the food in dilute form,
and for washing out waste from tissues and intestnes
However the majority OF housewives have realized
the importance of another group Of foodstufs the
mineral ash, constituents which are found in such
abundance in potatoes.
Although their percentage in foods is small the part
the ash constituents play in constructing tissue and in
keeping the body in good working order is by
minor Calcium is important in building bones
and teeth phosphorus is essential not only to build
tissues but also to stimulate growth iron is necessary
for making red blood cells and other tissues.
All the fluids OF the body must be kept slightly aka
line This is best accomplished by including sufficient
baseyieding substances in foods. Certain OF the
ash constituents in the food materials changed
in their through the body that the final product
is an acid; others yield a final product a base or
alkaL In most OF food materials both these kinds
of ash constituents included The quantity of the
acidforming elements compared with the quantity
Of the base-forming elements therefore determines
whether a particular food material Is acdforming
baseforming in the system.
The acd-forming foods, which are meats, eggs and
cereals should be balanced in every meal by those that
baseforming namely, fruits. vegetables, legumes
and milk in order that acid condition in the system
not reeu An Of bases in the daily dietary
s probably favorable to health conditions than an
OF acids. This explains why meal OF meat and
cereal. while being fairly well balanced to starch
protein needs the addition OF fruit vegetable In
vegetables lies our chief dependence for salts OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
How GOOD GERMS BECOME NAUGHTY

ing grape" in Greek. Most Of these
are absolutely harmless. Sometimes
q few poisonous onea flourish In a
community OF the harmless brethren
and create pus and Inflammation.
The difference can be detected only
in their effect upon the person in
whom they exist. for neither with
the microscope. nor by cultures. can
one type be distinguished from the
other.
To prove that the harmless BAG
terra OF this species could be changed
into poisonous ones, cultures OF
harmless bacteria produced in broth
were placed in the intestines OF
guinea pigs, well protected by colo
dunn sacks. After eight days the
harmless bacteria had transformed
themselves into the poisonous va
riety.
The purpose OF the collodium sacks
was to prevent the leueoeytes from
getting to work on any process which
might compass the transformation.
The leueocytes, as Is well known,
are the busy little policemen OF the
body, whose business II is to protect
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

a s Compared with Other Foods.

potassium and magnesium, two Of the important base
forming elements.
Turning to the potato, It is found that very
high proportion from 70 TO 70 per cent is water from
IS to 20 cent is carbohydrate chiefly starch from
to 25 per cent is protein about per cent relatively
large amount is ash, and a small proportion is fat
The potato value is not dependent Its high starch
content alone. II also supplies bulk, another require
ment IN the diet Further, in the mineral content
found moderate amounts of the necessary compounds
of calcium and phosphorus relatively high percentage
OF iron and very high percentage of the baseyieding
potassium.
From the standpoint of acid-forming and baseforming
qualities 1t is fairly exact to that
potato furnishes enough bases to neutrze the acids OF
two average slices OF roast beef Now, II should
substitute rice for potato in such meal should find
that while rice supplied the necessary starch did not
to counterfeit the acids produced by the meat but
rather increased them.
Another property possessed by the potato is OF con-
siderable importance although 1t is not yet fully under
stood. For want of better 1t is often called
vtamine, because 1t is essential to life. The vitamine
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

w YHEN II Is raining Just what does see? We
M know that the rain consists Of drops. nearly
w spherical, falling either vertically or at an
angle (f the wind be blowing). But what do see?
We streaks through the air and not drops at ALL The
Is that the eye cannot follow the randrop in its
flight and cannot just the drop continually The
eye gets only glimpse of the drop in position.
while impression IS made the retna for dis
lance by the drop moving.
II the drop were still could look at 1t as long
chose and the image OF the drop would be in Just
place the retna. hnt II let the drop escape
from direct view It makes image. rather
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
RUSSIA'S FIGHTERS Get MOST HEAT

IF Russia's soldiers are not yictori-
Gus the blame cannot be laid to
lack Of heat. If the Russian sol.
der is able to get the rations al
lotted to him by the army's dietetic
experts he receives every twenty
four hours food which supplies him
with nearly 1000 more heat units
than any other soldier on earth.
The Russian soldiers daily Fations
are selected so as to supply him with
1929 calorics. The energy allowance
Of the American soldier comes next,
with 4,1ss calorics. Then come the
French, British, German and Austrian
soldiers in the order named, the latter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

in potatoes makes them especially
beneficial in a diet in which white
bread is used, because in the refin-
ing process the wheat loses this
vitamine property, or constituent.
A comparison of the value to be
obtained from 10 cents worth Of
potatoes, Of patent flour and Of
white bread, respectively, shows
the following: When potatoes are
selling at 60 cents a bUshel, the
cost of the edible portion is
really IL cents a pound; when
they are selling for 81 bushel, the
cost Of the edible portion is 1.9
cents a pound. Patent flour at $l.10
for 25 pounds costs "A cents a
pound. White bread, averaging ~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

which we all are accustomed, must
hurt twenty times as much as we
have been hurt. Thus to the on.
locker, physical agony and pain are
dreadful in the light of his own
Imagination.
The fallacy OF this reasoning is
daily being proven on the battle
field OF Europe. Victims OF the
most serious wounds are daily pass
ing through severe surgical opera,
tions without the help OF brain-en-
clouding drugs. These cases witness
that at certain stage pain becomes
too intense to bear, the nerves be.
come paralyzed in transmitting their
messages 20 the Drain. The con.
Vulsions Of the body and the shrieks
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Why Our EARS Have Jumps, Our LIPS BURROWS

~ UN your forefinger around the
* rim OF your ear. You are al
most sure to find in one OF
them, and quite possibly in both, a
small, hard lump.
The lump Is only a relic OF the
days when, innumerable hundreds
OF centuries ago. man was only one
Of the animals of the wild and
had a pointed ear. like a VOLTS or
dogs.
What good is the little furrow that
runs down from the nose to the
middle Of the upper lip? None, but
1t, too, has a history. 1t is legacy
from the time when the human upper
lip was in two parts--a hare lip, like
that Of the rat tribe. The split has
healed up long ago, but the new skin
is so recent in the history Of the
race that hair refuses to grow on
that furrow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

prevailing brown tnge there happens to be tendency
to red the person must be regarded at times with
suspicion the combination may peevish fret
full temper. with a tendency toward morOseness and
melancholy
Chestnut red hair Of the brightest hue is not
In itself bad sign. Women with red hair, though
sometimes too impulsye and outspoken, are, rule
truthful and honest with fair common They are
usually the brightest sunniest and gentest of moras
with straight and unyeldng" hair. particu-
larry II dark in color, is usually OF firm and high
spirited nature. She is determined perhaps even a
little bit obstinate but IN the main extremely depend
able Experts unite in pronouncng her the safest and
best OF wives.
ny. Great Britain Rights Reserved
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
~ RoF. METscHNIKoFF was the
- hrst TO show that not all BAG
a.. -. k....s..s M. -.

nrst TO show that not all oac-
= terra are harmful. We now
know that the bacteria contained in
Yoghurt. the Bulgarian sour milk. or
IN tatti, the Scandinavian sour milk,
or even In ordinary sourkrout, have
a positively beneficial effect. BY
acting as q sort Of living antiseptic
in the intestines, they prevent self
poisoning. that curious illness from
which so many persons Of sedentary
habits suffer. and TO which, directly
OF indirectly, Is ascribable a legion
Of diseases. among them typhoid,
diphtheria, rheumatism. dysentery.
Whether helpful. or at least unin-
furious. bacteria could under given
conditions transform themselves into
the naughty variety. has been a
problem which has greatly interested
the medical world. Il seems that
they can.
Most OF the bacteria found in the
skin are Of the variety staphylococci.
so-cailed from their spherical form
and because they are arranged in
-iasters, the word staphylos. mean
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

a N eminent military surgeon
"A recently stated that much Of
4 = our pity for the victims of
severe wounds on the battlenelds is
in reality wasted and the result of
over-wrought imaginations.
His experience in the present war
has brought strongly before him that
wonderful provision OF nature known
TO the profession as euthanasia, or
painless death. It has proven to him
that. in general. We know as little
Of our going as Of our coming into
the world.
Our fear of wounds and death the
surgeon attributes TO our natural con.
clusion that a wound twenty times as
big as the cuts and scratches to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

getting only 1890 calories a day.
The average daily field ration OF
the United States army is made up
as follows: Bacon, II ounces, or fresh
meat, 20 ounces; bread, Is ounces;
beans, "a ounces; potatoes, 20 ounces;
prunes- or preserves, 1.2s ounces;
coffee, 1.12 ounces; sugar, 80 ounces;
evaporated milk, 3 ounces; vinegar,
.16 gill; salt, "a ounce; pepper
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

(black)), "a ounce; lard, GA ouncesa
butter. 3 ounce.
OF this ration, just a portion is
carried individually by the soldier.
the rest, such as butter, lard, pepper
and syrup, are given in bulk to the
companies and then distributed to
the men at meal time. This ration is
greater than necessary, and the men
trade in the surplus for delicacies.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

all organs and secretions Of the body
against inroads of poisonous sub
stances. These collodium sacks kept
out the leucocytes. but permitted an
exchange of secretions of the body
and OF the bacteria. and the expert.
ment seems to demonstrate that the
poisonous matter in the bacteria was
produced under the influence OF the
secretions OF the living organism.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

When a fly settles on you any
where. can you serenely twitch that
patch of skin and shake him of?
Probably not; but once these old
skin muscles, now almost dead after
centuries of clothes wearing, were
as active as those Of a horse.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

A few people can twitch their
ears like a dog, and do so in
stinctively when startled, and cases
do occasionally occur in which the
scalp can be moved at will. These
accomplishments, now so rare, used
to be quite common.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Plants Capable of Love.

pLUE rockets show fear the deadly
Both Of these plants but that
claring merciess life
ing shrub which forth perfume
deadest of psons onesxteenth of grain shot its
proved fatal This according
ters of Philadelphia who maintains that
capable Of love.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
SCIENCE NOW KNOWS
Airships You CAN'T See or Hear.


covering the wings
craft quite invisible and enables the
directions munng box has also devised which
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Banana Fed Hogs Best.

has been found that the
America ideal
found in these lands small
which there finely
me
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-11
DETECTIVES CONCEALED IN STORE
CATCH MAN WHO STOLE GEMS
Struggle Ensues When Window Cleaner at Berg
Brothers Tries to End Life as Three Men Pounce
Upon Him-Woman in the Case

Detectives hiding behind show cases in
tho Berg Brothers store, at 10th and Mar
ket streets early this morning, saw a
window cleaner unscrew the glass lid of
the jewelry counter and start to take out
some of the contents. Drawing their re-
volvers they pounced on him. He
wrested the revolver from one of them
and tried to kill himself, but the attempt
was frustrated.
At the Central Station the prisoner gave
his name as Joseph Wilson, of 4O3 Queen
street. | A search of his room at the
cases filed with jewelry and clothing
valued at $500.
For some time quantities of jewelry
and clothing have been missing from the
Berg store Suspicion rested on Wilson.
because of the good clothes he wore and
because, working when the store was
closed he had access to the various de-
partments.
Wilson was employed by a window
cleaning company. When he obtained the
position with the company, his clothes
were ragged and he said that he was so
poor that he was scarcely able to buy
enough to eat. Taking pity on him. Of
ficers of the company gave him position
and assigned him to the Berg store. AS
time went on his clothes showed a
marked Improvement, until of late they
have been almost sporty" in character.
1t was known that he could not AFFORD
to buy such clothes out Of his salary
Detective Edward Farrell, of the City
Hall squad, was assigned to the case
Before the store opened today he, TO-
gether with Store Detectives Pennock