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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
81 HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THAT DESCENT"

earth. to leave him practically help
less when at last he does reach the
ground-and they call all this easyI
No man will ever be able adequate
ly to describe that long, vast plunge
to earth after every nerve has col
lapsed and every muscle refused to do
more work upward. l have expert
enced 1t more often than any living
aviator, yet even now / cannot recall
any detached or definite Impressions
of it-nothing but shuddering men,
DRY of horrors rushing by with an aw-
full sense of defenselessness and fu-
tility of effort as I fairly shrieked
through the air to earth with the
chances 100 to against a safe landing.
Anybody can climb for height"
said Morane. 1.-THE thing is to get
down again"
Climbing the Air Stairs.
That fellow who said that 1t was
"getting easier all the time" should
have seen the beautiful Bleriot as she
swept gracefully Off the ground with
me that day at Point Breeze and MS
she few, without effort and with
scarcely tremor, in the first wide
preliminary circles as I mounted The
first 1000 feet.
EasyI That would have looked easy
enough certainly. The machine must
have looked like great gull or
buzzard floating on the breeze. and
suppose / might have been sound
asleep in her for all the spectators on
the ground could have seen of motion
or of effort on my part.
Then came the clouds, and worked
my way up through them, hoping that
they would not be thick nor last long.
for above the clouds in the sunlight
are the wickedest gusts, and it means
fight fight, fight, all the time.
The hand of the aneroid barometer
In front of me kept creeping round and
round as mounted. The first 1000
feet were told off quickly. and then
more and more slowly the indicator
went as entered the thinner strata OF
the upper air and began the struggle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
To Wash silk Stockings.

Make soapsuds of lukewarm water.
using good grade Of CASTLE soap Do
not use hot water, as it destroys the
life of the silk. Rinse in cold. clear
water until free from all soap. then
pull the stockings lengthwise and press
with warm iron, but never hot one
They win be as glossy as when new
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Proposes Football Change.

At a meeting of the Intern
Football association board of
Britain the following propose
submitted by the Football assoc
Law l footnote OBJ ito read,
may during the season of 1911
tually agree to use ball othe
one with an outer case of leathe
vided this law is otherwise CO.
with" This was agreed to
mously.
Laws 5 and 1.-THE laws to b
ed to provide that In the event
infringements of law 8 a tn
shall be awarded to the opposit
This was withdrawn. 1t was
mended by the board that the
and Scottish Football asso,
should consider the advisable
commencing the playing seast
Sept. / and finish April 30, so tn
conditions might be similar
four countries = England. II
Scotland and Wales.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
.MuoiIaas For Homo usa.

Put one ounce of gum tragacantb In
a quart fruit can, pour over it one and
one-half pints of clear. cold soft water
Cover the jar and let stand until next
day. Stir thoroughly and add five or
ten drops Of oil of sassafras or winter
green to prevent its turning sour Stir
several times during the day. cover
close and set away for use.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

Roger Bresnahan, leader OF
Louis Cardinals, is the sensat
the National league this season.
team picked to finish about s
seventh, he has forced the pa
has his Cardinals camped close
the leaders. Bresnahan Is 81
of the McGraw school. He is
gressive, resourceful leader an
but mediocre material is making
team step to win. His men
his fighting spirit and seem
with 1t, Even If the Cardinals
higher than they are at presen
nahan will have earned his sala
his performance in landing ii
high as fifth win be met with
nations by the Mound City IA
baseball sharks everywhere.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
How Good tiitters erlp Thelr

How Good Hitters Grip Their
Good hitters hold their bats di
ways. Lajoie and Cobb grip the
at the end. Jim Delahanty of |
holds his bat six inches from tn
Lajoie and Cobb take long,
swings at the ball, while Delt
chops at it. Speaker of Bosto
Sam Crawford of Detroit hold
sticks like Cobb and Lajoie.
nearly all the other batsmen who
long drives. Willie Keller, nov
Toronto. Eastern league. chok'
club
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

Low water in Lake Champlain
theatens to curtail the service of the
Champlain Transportation COM
pany's steamers. The water is so
low in the Gut, near st Adams Bay
that landings will have to be aband-
oned at that place within a short
time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Doctor La Immune.

when man dies. is an inquest al,
ways heldT'
"Oh. no. If a doctor has been In at
tendance the coroner is not supposed
to have to inquire into the cause OF the
death."--Toledo Blade -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
hiara,s Raoord For &c

Here's Record For Consecutive
Harry Cassidy, the right garde
the Denver Western league teal
what is thought to be a record Il
secutive games played in Glass A
ball. He is now rounding out b
year with the Denver club an
played over 800 games without o
Cassidy is twenty-nine years Of
has played professional baseba
six years. He was given tryout
the Pittsburg and Washington
when he first broke into the |
sional circle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
s.ttina Him Rioht.

There was rather pert waitress in
a cheap boarding house.
Mamie" boarder protested to her,
.'this' roast beef is overdone.'
mo, 1t amt, sor," she replied. '.It's
done over. It's the same roast you
had yesterday."-Los Angeles Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

Mrs. Myrtle Reed Mccullough,
the author and poet, who killed
herself week ago, left an estate
valued at 100000 according to her
friends. The sum will revert. o
eight charitable institutions in
Chicago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

Albert Mauff, secretary OF the
state board OF horticulture, estimates
that the total apple crop OF Colorado
this year will be 100000 boxes,
with value of SO, 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
alueberry sIump.

Bring berries to boil. sweeten to
taste. Mix dough as follows: Two
cups of -four. two teaspoonfuls of bak
ing powder, one teaspoonful of salt
Add water to make consistency of bis,
emit. drop into boiling berries and let
cook about fifteen minutes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

The recent electrical storm, which
swept across the Connecticut valley
in Massachusetts and Connecticut,
greatly damaged the tobacco crops,
and today the estimate of the aggre-
gate loss places the figures at
$500, 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

Gov. John A. Mead has appointed
III ], Hatch of Stanford delegate
to the Farmers National Congress
90 be held at Columbus, Ohio, Octo-
Der H.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Elberfeld Likes rhird nas

"Scrappy" Elberfeld says he
play third base better than any
infleld position. ITS like VI
over on that corner, after one ha
playing at short or second" 50
Tabasco Kid. Were / a youn
instead of a veteran in the
would start out with the fixed
Of seeing how good a third base
could make of myself. It's the
of all the in6eld positions to
That is just a little tip to the
sters."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

Gov. John A. Mead, Col. D. L.
Morgan of his staff, and Mrs Nor
gan, are among the Rutland people
who have gone to Rochester, N. Y,
to be present at the national Grand
Army encampment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Beet Preserves.

Boil beets until tender, skin them
and cut into half inch cubes. Weigh
and use an equal weight of sugar. wet
with water to make a strip Pour
this over the beets and cook until the
strip is as thick as you wish II. Fla
vor with stick cinnamon or any other
flavor you wish.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Manuel.

Little Tim-Father. I'm going to take
up manual training.
Murphy-Don't We dare! Ye see what
happened to him, didn't We? Ye kin
follow Emp'ror Willyum or the Mike
doc of Chiny, but ORR not have We
imitatin' that Portuguese dago.-Puck
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
A Sad Thouaht

II think" said the astronomer. shat
have discovered new canal on
Mars"
us that so?" replied the New Orleans
man, absentmindedly. ~. wonder
what towns going to get the celebra.
tionP-Washington Star
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
More Thar sba Gould Boar

'They really fear she will become in
sane. You see. she found diary he
kept before he married her"
"Oh. see! And the awful revela-
tons
Revelations2' No. 1t was in CT
pher. and she couldn't read word of
it."-Tit- Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Slow.
that whistlingi

Bacon-Who is that whistlingi
Egbert-That's the office boy whis-
Ting at his work.
''But he's whistling a funeral
march"
"Yes; 1 say he's whistling at his
work."-Yonkers Statesman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Never That Wav.

Hardrick returning to town after
ten years)--Is Mandy still your wife?
Haybrick-She's my wife, but she
Isn't still by any means.-St Louis
Globe-Demoerat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
An Exneriment.

Nurse What is the matter?
Johnny-The baby is fake. l.
threw him on the floor, and he didn't
bounce a bit.-New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
National Ten Mile swimmino

National Ten Mile Swimming
The Missouri Athletic club
Louis has decided to hold th
annual National Amateur Athlt
ion ten mile championship in Il
sissippi river Aug. 10, the third
day in the month, instead of
day, the first Monday In Sept
as has been the custom for Il
four, years. The reason for cf
the date Of the race is that
past three years 1t has been
chilly or has rained Labor day
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Cobb Has AutomobiIe Cine

How in the world can that u
any one else that automobile
Cobb? With the score n tie
ly. in the ninth inning. Cobb
from first base on a single. z
beat that? In addition he go1
Dagger and two singles in five-1
bat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Ono Way to Look at Il.

Jinks-Do you know. was refused
three times before l found girl who
would have me.
Blinks-I see. Just. like a patent
medicine--"well shaken before taken"
|. Judge. So leG
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
The Auto Household.

Say, Henryl"
"Well?''
81 wish You would crank up this ice
cream freezer for me."-Pittsburg
Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Postoffiee Savings Banks.

Postoffice savings banks were opened
throughout Great Britain on Sept. 16,
1861.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

Subscribe for The Age. $1.OO
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
HORROROF WARFARE
CITY ALMOST ENTIRELY DE-
sTRoYED AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE DESTITUTE.
Horrifying Stories of Brutality Of
Soldiers Come From China, I'M
periaIists Being Charged With
Torturing Their Victims.

Hankow.-More than two-thirds of
the city has teen destroyed by fire.
The lowest estimate of the loss is
100000. Four hundred thousand
persons are destitute. Hundreds of
half-burned bodies, many of them
those of women and children. lie
among the ruins.
The custom house, the postoffice
and the American missions have
been spared. The city has been loot
ed, the imperialists taking hand in
the pillage, although imperial officers
tried to check the work and executed
a number Of the soldiers. Refugees
were deprived of their loot on enter
ing the British concessions, carloads
of valuable furs, silks and jewelry
being seized. 1t is suggested that the
Red Cross receive the proceeds.
Foreigners who have not been
given the opportunity of witnessing
engagements except at a distance
are hearing horrifying stories of bru-
tally. The imperialists have hanged
men and failing to strange them,
tortured them to death, prodding
them with bayonets or crushing them
to death with stones. The outrages
against women cannot be told Red
Cross bearers have been killed or
wounded. Soldiers on both sides
have slaughtered their wounded enc
mioc
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
POULTRY NOTES.

Always keep your poultry house
light and dry,
Any person can keep poultry, but
every one cannot get poultry to keep
him.
Kindness wins-even with chickens.
ducklings.
Poultry cannot be successfully
raised without the application OF brain
and muscles.
The country fairs are announced
Be sure not to miss them, especially
the home one
You will secure much better stock
for the poultry yard by purchasing
cockerels early.
The man who uses system is the
one who accomplishes the most work
with the least effort
The dust hath is necessary to the
health and is great aid to keep the
fowls free from lice
Do not neglect the pullets, for the
sooner they are matured the sooner
tHey VIII DeSln 10 lay.
Weak chicks from poor stock will
never repay the owner for the time he
puts in caring for them
Turkey raisers find 1t profitable to
have guinea fowls with the turkey
flock They act as police.
The first point to investigate when
buying eggs or day-old chicks is the
vitality of the parent stock.
Clean out the houses and coors
then spread the manure over the gar,
den after digging or blowing
Feed plenty of meat in the form OF
table scraps, beef scraps or cut fresh
bone, and your pullets will lay earlier
and better.
Most poultry raisers overfeed. ID
getting in their interest in prospective
chicken dinners the fact that fat hens
will not lay steadily.
Give the late Matched chickens q
chance by feeding them separate from
the older ones and giving them q
fresh, clean range where other stoch
does not go.
The caponizing season is on and
poultry raisers that have never tried
this method OF producing fat. young
table birds can try their hand at the
business with profit.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
sow ALFALFA IN DRY AREAS
Plant Produces Better Crops on Land
That Has Been Worked Than
on Newly Broken Soil.

The advice which claims that alfalia
should not be sown as the first crop
on breaking is good. ut the reasons
for the same are not always correct
II is generally claimed that time
should be given for the sod to decay
writes Prof. Thos. Shaw in the Dako-
ia Farmer There is measure OF
truth in that explanation, but 1t Is not
the real reason why alfalfa does bet
ter at later period. other things De-
ing equal
Where the normal precipitation IS
low, say from 10 to is inches, the SOD
is dry and hard In many instances
1t has not been wet down to the depth
of more than three to four feet, ana
In many instances to a much less
depth. II alfalfa is sown as the first
crop, no time has been given for
the soil moisture to go. If the ground
was dry at the time of blowing and
the weather remains dry the moisture
will not have gone down much far
Their than the depth of the blowing
The alfalfa will probably grow quickly
until the roots reach the dry ground.
This they will not penetrate as long
as Il remains dry.
If the moisture had gone down into
the subsoil and made 1t moist, the
alfalfa roots would have followed. The
result would have been strong plants,
AID good yields should be expected in
succeeding years.
The explains, in part at least. why
alfalfa produces better crops when
sown on land that has been worked
while than when sown on newly
broken land. The longer that the
land has been judiciously worked. the
deeper the soil moisture may be ex-
pected to go. up to certain limit.
That limit should not be less than
eight to ten feet.
When alfalfa starts vigorously and
the plants soon become strong, they
have greater power to establish good
root system in the soil. The plants
should not be too crowded or the
moisture supply will not be enough
and the plants will be correspondingly
weak. In an abnormally dry season
| such plants will not furnish large
| yields.
What has been said does not imply
| that alfalfa should never be sown on
breaking or on land that is quite new
But 1t does imply that the aim should
be, where it is practicable. to SOW II
on land that has moisture which has
gone down for considerable distance
into the subsoil. That is one reason
why 1t is SO important to summer-fal
low land before alfalfa is sown on 1t
The growth of the alfalfa. other things
being equal, will be proportionate t,
the amount of moisture in the subsoil
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
PAYS TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN.
President Taft Says Martyred Presi
dent Had most judicial Tempera-
ment of Any Man in History.

Frankfort, Ky.-A new light was
thrown on the outstanding character
figure of Abraham Lincoln Wednesday
when President Taft, who came here
to witness the dedication of monu
ment to the "Emancipator" said
Il don't think it is too much to say
that Lincoln had the most judicial
temperament of any man in history"
Mr.. Taft paid his tribute with that
of Kentucky's mark of reverence for
her greatest son in the new state cap
itol when a statue of the war presi.
dent, given by the descendant of a
long line of Kentucky pioneets, was
unveiled.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Two Hundred Killed in Battle.

Mexico City.-Federals and rebels
met in battle Wednesday at Juchitan,
Oaxaca, according to meager infor
nation obtained from official sources
here. Two hundred are reported
dead. The city is cut off from rail
and wire communication A telegram
from Oaxaca carried report that
Jose Gomez, deposed jefe politico, the
chief of the rebels, was captured and
shot
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Arms Made to Order.

A United States senator, worth mil
lions which he made rapidly, has a
coat-of-arms recently acquired. He
gave a large dinner party one night
His coat Of arms was emblazoned in
gold on the top of the dinner cards
The lady who went in with the SEN
ator, the wife Of another senator, OBJ
served the insignia when she picked
up her dinner card and exclaimed:
How pretty"
Yes" replied the senator proudly.
Il think it is rather neat My wife in
vented it."-Saturday Evening Post.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Bomb Exploded Under Pullman.

Ell Paso, Texas.-An attempt was
made to blow up a Pullman car at
tached to a westbound Southern Pa
cifc passenger train =I the Union
depot in this city Wednesday A
bomb, about one foot long, wrapped
with straw, was exploded under the
middle of the car, which was filled
with passengers, en- route to Califor'
mia. No one was injured and no seri-
GUS damage was done, the car pro-
ceeding on it's journey later
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11

the last two years. I think from your
description of internal catarrh that's l
must have had that also. suffered
very severely
Nothing ever relieved me like Pc
runa. 1t keeps me from taking cold.,.
ness l am feeling perfectly cured. ]
am forty-six years old. -
II feel that words are inadequate to
express my praise for Peruna."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
caruso Denies Enhancement.

New York.-Enrico Caruso, the
tenor, arrived Wednesday for the com
ing opera season, and he no sooner
spied the squad of interviewers than
he launched into denial of the re-
port that he was engaged to marry
Trentini
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Dispose Of AlIIna Flock.

1t is generally good policy to dis
pose of the flock that has been
through siege of liver ailment as
soon as 1t can be done to advantage
and replace them with good healthy
stock
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Operators Granted More Money.

Washington.-An increase in wages
approximating six per cent, reduced
working hours and the sharing of a
lump sum of $4,000 have been grant
ed to the Baltimore & Ohio and the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail-
way telegraihers.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Baby Carriages Have Headlights.

st. Paul-Baby carriages hereafter
in Minnesota must carry warning
light when used after dark-two
white lights in front and red one at
the rear. It's all due to a mistake,
a kind of Joker" that somehow got
in the new tariff law Just. passed by
the legislature, but it goes accord
ing to an opinion rendered Wednes-
day by Attorney General Simpson.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Beattie in Condo mined Cell.

Richmond, va.-Henry Clay Beat
tie, Jr., condemned to die November
"a for the murder of his young wife,
was removed early Wednesday from
the city Jail to the penitentiary to
await his execution
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Lister 10 Best.

A lister is a much more satisfac-
tory implement for digging potatoes
than a common pillow, as 1t will throw
the dirt each way, exposing the pota-
toes and yet not covering them up as
much as the pillow.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
chlcaao,s oldest settler Dead.

Chicago. Fernando Jones, Chi.
cago's oldest inhabitant, died here
Wednesday, aged 81 years. He had
been Ill only few hours. Jones was
born in New York state and came to
Chicago in 1920.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
COLDS
BREED
CATARRH.
Her Terrible Experience Show,
How Peruna Should Be in Every
Home to Prevent Colds.

Mrs. c. S.
Sa & e T s e +,
1871 Wood
land Ave-,
X a n S a s
Cit Y, Mo-,
writes:
81 feel it
a duty to
you and to
others that
may be af-
hicted like
myself, to
speak + o +
Peruna.
MY trou-
b | e f RS t
came after
la gn p p e
e i g h t or
nine years
ago, a gath
ering in my
head a n d
neuralgia. l
8 u If e + e d
most all the
t i m e. My
nose, e a r 8
and e y e s
were badly
aHactad for
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Subjective.

i see somebody has invented a
'noiseless' soup spoon. In what way
is 1t noiseless?"
why, madam, it's constructed In
such a manner that--er-you don't
make a noise when you're using it,"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Cabinet Resians.

Lisbon.-Aas result of the oppo-
sition of the parliamentary group
headed by Antonio Almeida, the min
istry of Premier Chages resigned
"Wednesday.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11
Salt and Water Needle ed.

Plenty both of salt and water will go
far toward satisfying the natural crav-
ing of the lamb, and will increase
materially the efficiency Of other feeds
consumed
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-11

De WeaIth-It IS generous ana
helpful world.
De Witte-Indeed? n
De Wealth-Yes. When 1t was an
nounced that l desired to die a com
paratively poor man there was gen.
eral movement to assist me In the
enterprise.