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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

(The reduction in rates for upper berths
In Pullman cars is now effectively
The wondering conductor stood within the
Pullman aisle;
There was trouble in his visage and his
face had lost its smile.
For passenger was asking him to fix
him with a berth
And he pondered DER the pricelist while
he figured up its worth
IAN the uppers now are lower" the con-
ductor softly said,
While with nervous, trembling fingers
through the book Of costs he sped.
Though this makes the higher lower.
still the lower is no higher"
How is that? An upper lower?" queried
the prospective buyer.
This is it," the wan conductor then at
tempted to explain,
I'VE have lowered all the uppers that we
have upon the train.
Thus. we have the lower higher than we
used to have the upper
HUM! the passenger then asked him,
What did you drink with your sup
PERI"
Cant you understand" then answered
the conductor with a sigh.
Though the higher ones are lower, stll
the lowers are as high
With highers lower than they were. the
lowers but seem higher"
you're off the water wagon" vowed the
man. "or I'm liar"
And the passenger then left him and went
to another car,
While the poor conductor mumbled:
Don't you see, sir, where we are?
With the lower higher higher than the
higher lower lower
Then he plunged into the diner for glass
of Joy bestower
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Parliamentary Procedure.

Pardon mo-" says the creditor to
the legislator, but might | call your
attention to your bill for Christmas
purchases, which has been sent you a
couple of times already?"
My dear sir" responds the legisla.
tor sticking his right hand into the
bosom Of his frock coat and thrusting
his cowlick back with his left hand
MY dear sir, your bill has been passed
to the second reading, 1t will have to
follow the regular course. although I
will expedite it as much as possible II
1t comes out of committee"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Food for the Invalid.

Food for the Invalid.
Those who have sick people to feed
and care for, are often at loss to
know what to feed them and have ii
at the same time appetizing and nutri
tious.
In serving glass of milk, cup
OF cruel or beef tea, place on plate
covered with a dolly.
In cases of kidney disease. the diet
should be limited almost entirely to
vegetables. SKINNED milk and plenty
of water.
Dyspeptic people should avoid all
starchy food and take only the sim
plest diet
A rheumatic patient should be de.
MED sweets and only the white meats
should be eaten; also gluten bread
and toast
The hard part Of an oyster should
be removed when serving them to an
i'll person.
Liquid foods are followed by the
semisolid foods in convalescence.
The old-fashioned method of feed
Ing cold and starving fever is not
considered good, as science has shown
that plenty of nourishment is required
to repair the waste of the tissues
caused by the fever.
After the liquid diet comes the
soups, thickened with rice and barley
eggs in various forms, milk and cream
toast, chicken and beef jelly and sim
liar foods. Grape juice, lemonade
flaxseed tea. barley water are drinks
hat are given frequently in small
quantities.
After long illness, solid food
is resumed very gradually and in
small quantities, as the digestive sys
tenn must not be over-taxed
Typhoid fever patients are, as q
rule, very ravenous when they first
begin to improve, and the greatest
care should be taken that they dc
not over-eat or take any food that
may cause relapse.
Scraped beef sandwiches, sage and
rice pudding. bread and milk, baked
apples, soup with an egg beaten W
in 1t. custard and occasionally a well
baked potato may be some of the
dishes that the invalid can eat with
safety.
Later broiled lamb chop or {
piece of rare beef steak may be
given.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
IekEsA-- [ss>z4.cN-.
Japan to Make Her Soap.

According to Japanese newspapers,
British firm has organized com,
pany for soap making on large seals
in Japan to supply good brands of
soap to Japan, China, India, Siam and
the South Sea Islands. American and
other foreign soap manufacturers now
draw considerable of their soap stock
from China, the Philippines and the
far east. In both Japan and China
fuel and labor are cheap and plenti-
mi
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
That EItisjve Inc

Mrs. Crabshaw-You never put your
arm around my waist as you used to,
Crabshaw-You see, my dear, you
keep moving your waist up and down
so l wouldn't know where 30 find Il
Judge.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

Why" asks the captious editor of
the new reporter. why do you say in
your story of the banquet that the
table groaned.'"
Because" explains the new report.
er, because it had to stand for all the
after-dinner stories.'
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

PAIN, my nerves are stronger and can
do my own work. Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cured me after
everything else had failed, and / rec
ommend it to other suffering women"
Mrs. VIM. SEALS COS W. Howard St.,
Creston, Iowa.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills should not lose sight Of
these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
restore their health.
If you want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
She will treat your letter as
strictly confidential. For 90 years
she has been helping sick women
In this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate-Write at once.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Particularly. the Ladies.

Not only pleasant and refreshing to
he taste. but gently cleansing and sweet
ening to the system. Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA is particularly adapted
to ladies and children, and beneficial in
all cases in which wholesome. strength
ening and effective laxative should be
used. 1t is perfectly safe at all times and
dispels colds, headaches and the pains
caused by indigestion and constipation so
promptly and effectively that it is the ono
perfect family laxative which gives salts
faction to all and is recommended by
millions Of families who have used it and
who have personal knowledge Of its ex-
cellence.
Its wonderful popularity. however. has
led interruptions dealers to offer imita-
hons which act unsatisfactory. There
fore. when buying. to get its beneficial
effects. always note the full name Of the
Company California Fig Syrup Co..
plainly printed on the front Of every
package Of the genuine Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA.
For sale by all leading druggist. Price
50 cents per bottle.
| honor any man anywhere. who,
In the conscious discharge of what
be believes to be his duty. dares to
stand alone.-Charles Sumner.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
What Started IL

Politely, the serpent offered Eve an
apple.
TRY that, madam he asked. You
can raise four hundred barrels of them
to the acre on one of our irrigated or.
chard farms in the Bezingo Valley.
Your husband can purchase forty.
acre tract on easy payments"
Shortly afterward the family moved
from Eden to seek the new home.
HtIEu.>G IasL&>
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

NATION
AND PAIN
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Creston, Iowa. was troubled for
q long time with Inflammation, pains
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

Ill my SLUG, SlCk
headaches and ner-
vousness. had Ia
ken so many medi-
cines that / W a 8
discouraged a n d
thought 1 would
never get well. A
friend told me of
Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound and it re-
stored me to health.
l have no more
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
IWekFFGHEN
|2AH9ABINET

My the hungry know the real
joy of eating. Simple outdoor
ne stimulates the muscular system and
INDUCES or preserves a state of health.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Cured
Splint

81 have used
Sloan's Liniment on
a fine mare for splint
and cured her. This
makes the third
r..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11
Pure Food Above All Else.

An unknown colorless nder-official
has been appointed successor to DR..
Wiley as chief of the bureau of chem
istry. Such a man, however scien-
tific, cannot hope to meet and over
come the lobby that watches the ac-
ton of the department of agriculture
as closely as cat does mouse. That
lobby is on duty the year round.
And McCabe, the solicitor, is still
in power, and SO is the board of REM
sen highbrows, and so is Tama Jim
Wilson. All the power and weight of
the department is thrown against the
consumer and in favor of the group of
food adulterators. These men have
persistently kept nearly all cases of
adulteration and misbranding out of
the courts.
DR.. Wiley was forced to resign be-
cause the whole power of the depart
ment and even of the White House was
serving the food adulterators regard
less of the pure food law and the
plain rights of the consumers. What
is needed is a cleaning out of the de-
partment of agriculture from top to
bottom. McCabe should be bounced
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
standard subject for the modern nov
elist and playwright, says the London
Times, is the lady who leaves her husband
because she is bored with him, he being
"a dull fellow and something In the city"
Formerly the heroine left her husband
because she wanted some one else now
she leaves him because she doesn't know
what she wants. On this newer theme
the changes are tirelessly rung.
Evidently the London Times has not
yet got used to Mr.. Ibsen. 1t persists
In maintaining a tory attitude TO women.
If woman has all the material comforts
she desires, why in the world should she
not be perfectly contented? If she is not
ocntented in such conditions, the neces-
sary Inference is that it is because she is
incapable of being satisfied. What she
needs Is some work to do, and clrcum-
stances must exert sufficient pressure to
make her do the work.
A very comfortable theory. but scarcely
the whole of the story. If woman is
geing to leave her husband at all, it is
probably better to leave him for an idea
than for another man. And besides, it
could plausibly be urged that the idea is
really In some sort vague conception Of
some other man, the heroine's choice of
whom is not dictated by passion but by
reason Such choice marks distinct ad-
vance; it is the choice of more highly
developed nature. 1t is certain that wom-
en- read the novels and m6ke up no small
mart of theatre audiences The husiness
give the women what they want. II the
theme they are now using involves just
the criticism of life which contemporary
woman happens to need, there is no good
reason why they should seek for another
Such themes may represent transit
tory phase of the emotional life of wom-
en-, but at least they satisfy a present
demand
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11
Federal Jobs Next Year

At the end of the last fiscal year
there were 391,350 people employed
in conducting the federal government.
Out of this number 227,6 67 had been
placed under the civil service rules,
and President Taft has since lifted
the fourth class postmasters out of
politics. This order adds $1,000 more
to the classified lists, making the
total number about 100000, and leav-
ing but 10000 in the hands of the
President-elect, or those directly I'M
der him.
A great republican machine was, in
other words, built up in the admins
trations of Mckinley, Roosevelt and
Taft, and the democratic leaders will
doubtless ask Mr.. Wilson to open the
fourth class postoffices, to say the
least, to democratic applicants. The
President is believer no doubt
in civil service rules, but it becomes a
question whether he will submit to the
placing of fourth class postmasters
under civil service protection at the
very end of Is years of unbroken rule
by the republican party. The general
sentiment in the democratic party is
that President Taft was playing poll
tics when he suddenly put the fourth
class postmasters under the protec-
ton of the civil service rules. 1t re-
mains to be seen how the new admin
istration will consider an order that
smacks strongly of the steam roller
and machine rule.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11

without benefit of clergy. He and
Wilson and the Remsen board have
protected the manufacturers, no mat
ter how much benzoic acid and its
salts, sulphurous acid and its salts,
sulphate of copper, saccharin, and
alum they had added to food products.
Whisky is now made out of alcohol,
colors and flavors, oysters are placed
in polluted waters, grams are sold that
are moldy, and scores of drugs are
misbranded. All this should be I'M
done, and the way to cleanse this Au-
gean stable is to turn all the hydrants
of public contempt on it. 1t needs
cleansing beyond any other depart
ment of the government. And it will
surely get what is coming to it on the
fourth of March next.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11
THE UNKNOWNvPOWER

Before the opening of hostilities hey had
contrived to food many columns ineinanv
lands with favorable accounts OF japanese
eleverness, patriotism, and other good
qualities When the war correspondents
descended as an avalanche upon Japan
the Japanese publicity machinery was set
to work to transform the country's guests
into part of that machinery. The gov
ernment forbade them to go to the front,
rounded tkem up in Toxic. and-without
committing the blunder of attempting to
corrupt them-looked TO 1t that they saw
the brightest side of life in japan, ard
received such Information as would be
likely to impress them favorably and be
reflt cted in the columns they filled. The
plan worked admirably. The Japanese
were endowed by the newspapers and
nasazines Of Chritsendom with every vir-
tue pre- viously known and a good many
newly discovered. Every Japanese sol
der was a bronze hero capable of lick
ing his weight in Wildcats and hoping
&c die heroically. The Japanese were
far in advance of other countries in camp
sanitation and hygiene. The Japanese
army, because of the clean living of the
soldiers, was wholly free from certain
diseases common to military bodies. And
while streem of commendatory corre-
spondence was flowing from Toxic TO the
western capitals by cable, and the flea
ture writer's were covering countless
pages of srace with descriptions of the
marvellous country and people newly dis
covered by the press, the correspondents
who were sent to join the Russian army
were at the front giving unbiased and
often unfavorable accounts of the condi-
tions they discovered. They played int
the hands of the Japanese. who wished
hein- popularity added to b. the contrast
ing unpoprlarity of the Russians.
The Rulgariens forbade the correspond
ents to go to the front. but to judge from
The meagerness of the correspondence
that has come from the theatre of war
they made no attempt to make use of
them while they kept them at Sofia or
course, Bulgaria is not so exotic as ia
pan, and does not so readily lend itself
to picturesque description. And then the
coup of the Japanese is fresh In the minds
of newspaper writers and could not be
easily repeated. But very probably It
never occurred to the Bulgsrians TO try
1T. Ir any event the press will probably
get more reliable information about Bull
garia and the other Balkan States than
it received about Japan from Toxic dur
ing the Russo-Japanese war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11
The Rev. DIR. PIunket


In the death of the Rev. DR.. J. T.
PIunket, pastor of the South Highland
Presbyterian church, Birmingham sus-
tains very distinct loss.
Although this distinguished divine
had been resident here only a little
more than three years, his circle of
acquaintance was more extensive than
that of almost any other minister He
numbered his friends and admirers in
every walk of life. Staunch in the
Presbyterian faith, he was broad
enough to fraternize most cordially
with men of all creeds, and was es-
teemed here, as he had been in Au-
gusta, where he was pastor for many
years, by Catholics as well as Protes-
tants. His spirit of comradship was
remarked by all who knew him, and
that readily accounted for his popu-
larity.
DR.. Plunket possessed strong ele-
ments of leadership and was as active
in all worthy civic movements as his
PASTORAL duties would permit.
DR.. Plunket had all the fine qualities
that come with gentle breeding. He
always expressed himself on public
occasions with the courage of his con-
victions. He was a man of very pos
tive views, and was absolutely fear
less; but in debate or in taking sides
on any important issue, he was pro-
verbally tolerant of the opinions Of
others and was always a very model
of courtesy.
AS a preacher DIR. Plunket was elo-
quent and convincing. No public
speaker had more scholarly power of
expression than he, and few orators
in this part of the country were in
such demand for various occasions.
Little wonder that men of DR.. Punk
cts type make deep and lasting i'm
print on great enlightened commun-
! ity. They are towers of strength and
all good people lament when they pass
to their reward
There was something singularly
dramatic, as we'll as pathetic, in DR..
PlunSet's last service in his church.
He felt that he was a dying man, but
resolutely he completed tender and
prophetic discourse on the uncertainty
of life--the falling 1eaves-from the
text: I'VE all do fade as a leaf" 1t
was the last message he had to deliver
to his devoted flock. Now that he is
gone that message will sound in the
ears of those who heard it as a solemn
| threnody, albeit sweet and gentle.
Peace to his ashes!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11
Lepible Writing a Lost Art.

From both sides of the Atlantic
comes the complaint that the general
use of the typewriter is resulting in a
neglect of the art of writing. Faulty
penmanship is seen on every hand,
and it is said this is due to the fact
that pupils in the public schools are
not taught to use the pen well. They
are not taught as they once were.
Mrs. Young, superintendent of the
Chicago public schools, says; There
are districts and schools that have not
vet heard of the effort to improve the
penmanship. In the absurd days OF
vertical writing which was unneces-
sarily laborious no pupil should have
been blamed if he did not fully con-
ouer such writing, but now when the
easy slanted writing has been re-
stored to the public schools there is
no reason why penmanship should not
be we'll studied.
The day has gone by when illeglble
writing was considered mark OF
genius. Every genius would have been
a greater genius if he had been taught
to write legibly. No man, not even
genius, desires to be misunderstood,
and the schools are at last endeavor-
ing to see that every pupil goes out
well skilled in ealigraphy. Typewrlt-
ers cannot be readily carried in grip
There are innumerable places and IN
stances where legible handwriting
is useful, and the neglect OF the arr
in the past should be weeded out OF
the public schools to say the least.
The public schools are the country's
hope. The quality of writing in them
cannot be too highly improved.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11
Revision of Court Rules.

The supreme court of the United
States has revised it's rules largely in
accordance with Congressman Clay
toms bill, which has passed the House
and is held up by that great hold-up
body, the Senate.
No preliminary injunctions are to
be granted by any federal judge here
after without notice, and when tenn
porary restraining order is issued a
hearing on it must be granted within
ten days, and those restrained may
come into court within two days and
be heard on motion to dissolve the
order. AS a rule testimony is to be
taken in court instead of appointing
referees, and appellate courts are au-
thorized more generally to dispose of
suits on general merits rather than
on immaterial errors. These rules go
into effect next February.
This action of the United States SUI
preme court should encourage the SUI
preme court of Alabama to revise its
ancient rules. Let US hope the rules
will be revised in the latter so that
technicalities and errors not preju-
dicial will be disregarded. The JUS
tees of our own high court are con-
sidering revision of its rules, and
= meeting for that purpose may be
called in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11


From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
loW the Bulgarians did it is a story
that Is yet to be told to the world.
\ \ The Balkan States have been terra
incognita" to the rest of the world. Now
and again correspondents have penetrated
the Balkan Peninsula and written more
or less informing. and nearly always en-
tertaining, letters about the conditions ex-
isting, and the customs of the people.
The question of the military strength of
the various little countries has been gone
into from time TO time, and what had
purrorted 10 be information has created
the impression, now evidently a correct
one, that the several states possessed
fighting strength much greater in propor-
ton to their population than that Of the
larger countries of Europe or Asia. But
how little has been actually known about
the Balkan States as military factors is
row plain. When the war was inaupn-
reted it was quite generally believed that
the Turks would be easily able to take
care of themselves. The question dis
eussed by European military experts who
were freely quoted in Berlin Vienna. Par
is and London, was whether, and to what
extent, the great powers would interiors
TO prevent the Turks from doing a great
amount of damage 10 their neighbors. II
was pointed out that the royal families of
Montenegro and Russia were colselv re-
lated and that Russia has previously stood
back of Montenegro in brushes with FUR
key and was believed to be willing at all
times TO prevent the extinction of the
little kingdom If such catastrophe should
mpend The Bulgarians were known TO
have well trained army, but just how
large it was, or what the combined
strength of the Balkan States would be,
obody scented to know, And now effec.
tive any army will be in actual warfare
is, of course, an open question in times
of peace unless the country has been en-
gagged so recently that estimates may be
based upon previous demonstrations.
The Bulgarians constituted an unknown
power. Their spectacular achievements
in the field, and their unlocked for rise
to position of Importance in the military
world leave untold the history of the ere
alton of so effective a fighting machine
in so small a country. The telling of it
will interest worldwide audience.
When the Japanese set out to fight Rus
STA they resorted to press agency upon
a plan never attempted previously. Tn.
Japanese wanted the good favor of Chris
tendon. They wanted to borrow money.