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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
FROM AN AUSTRALIAN DIARY
Feraclcus Ants OF All kinds-One
Species that Evinces Fondness
for Sheet Lead.

About noon it got too hot for any
thing and | took a well earned swim
in a secluded creek, amid shoals of
fish, large and small, who apparently
resented my intrusion. from the way
they came and stared at me.
| found on emerging from the water
that a host of blue brown ants had
taken possession Of my clothes, and
when they were shaken out they re
venged themselves by biting my bare
feet in a way which was exceedingly
painful
There ere thousands of ants every
where, says writer In the Gentle
woman. Some Of the anthills a.
three feet high and six feet across
but except for sharp nip at the tie,
the ordinary ants bite is not noee-
able. But if soldier ant or a bulant
CT green head Tan ant about on and
half inches long, with a green. ead)
bites YOU, it is not to be forgotn, be-
cause they take quite big pie out.
Then there are the white sts mot
really ants, but termites which
cheerfully cat the inside 1t OF the
beams Of the wooden hous, and re-
Gently have been eating Z sheet lead
on the top Of the Sydney aseum. The
city fathers thought this~as going
little far, SO now the hts are pre-
served inside the mus.m with sam.
Pies of tho half corlmed lead as
warning to all who COW their appe-
tiles to run away wa them.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
The Satan OF the Greeks.

The Greek conception OF the evil one,
whom they cali lama. makes that per
sonage one OF the most satanic or the
whole evil tribe According to their
ideas OF him. he Is 2I0 miles high ana
the hairs on his body stand ont like
pain trees on mountain side, He
Furnishes the doomed beings submitted
to his charge by putting thetn in beds
OF boiling OH, saving their bodies IN
two, pouring molten lead in their ears
and such other little pr;inss as pulling
out their tongues, toe and finger nails
and gouging ont their eyes. lie Is i
heartless old iiend OF the most liendisb
Kind aud has rlany other exquisite III
tie tort,rcs laid up for the helpless
wretch consigl.ed TO his chamber OF
horrors
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Nerve ReMara e !.

Nov. HiHy." Said tie yolng mans
father, "ive touni Il the JOB :or yol'
a job whieb VIII! II You attend strictly
10 business. give YOU Il sp!en!id chance
10 rise y
Nv hat IL the nature OF the Job
You've seen some or the III. unld
,ngs n coarse OF constructors haven !
you
"ieS"
"nlve Won ever noticed how tl>h
great iron beams are lifted III theil
places"
sure
"Wpli. q friend 81 mine. who Is
contractor has agreed To rise YOU IL
stand on the bpallls aud balance them
AS they are ho,St"L told him about
the splendid nerve you iEld cShiuiled
10 sitting aH,und ana permitting. me
10 support you. ntd he hgrceH thal NoN
wutll be Just the imam tor the Job. =
Chicago Record Herald.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Apples and Comp!exicr,

In the near future girls won't have
to sail under false colors. The rouge
pot is destined to go to the scrap
heap. No longer will it be necessary
for Jennie to hide her Redeemed piece
Of chamois skin in her hat. Listen,
girls. Apples are going to save the
corplexicns of all American women!
L. Grant Border Of Baltimore, address
ing the International Shippers asso-
citation, at Chicago, said: If women
knew that eating apples will do more
Ito make their compilations beautiful
THAN all the face remedies i'll the
world, they would eat them morning,
noon and night. Five years from now,
when the countless apple orchards
that have come into existence the past
lew years begin to bear full crops, the
apple production in the United States
will exceed 100,o00,000 barrels. That
will give every woman a chance to
get a coed, steady, reliable, fastcoloI
complexion fer little cost
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
CAPTURING BEARS IN INDIA
Plan Tor Destroying Animals Ia Novel
and Said to Be Always
Successful.

A curious method Of capturing wild
bears is employed in certain parts OF
India, the New York Herald remarks
Four or five sturdy men are armed,
two with long spears crossbarred on
the handles close TO the sharp two
edged blade, and two or three with
ten foot bamboos, Of which the ends
are smeared with bird lime.
Thus equipped and leading several
powerful dogs. the hunters sally forth
an hour or so before dawn. They pass
along the base of the hills with the
fresh morning wind blowing up from
the plains below.
Should the hunters be lucky it is
not long before the fierce dogs wind
the bear, and, though dogs of this spe-
cies hunt silently, their straining on
the leash informs their owners that
the game is nigh.
The dogs are slipped and disappear
in the semidarkness. Soon their roar
ing and growing indicate that they
have found the game. The hunters run
UP to the spot where the bear is fight
ing with the dogs.
The men with the lined poles poke
the bear in the ribs and adroi.ly tgais
the ends in its long hair, thus holding
it fast on each flank. The spearmei
complete the operation by repeated
spear thrusts.
1t is said that a party OF expert
enced men with good dogs never fai
to secure the bear in this way.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Shaksspcare's Traced dies.

Whenever "Allcbeth" is put upon the
stage very nearly fourth OF 1t has TO
be omitted. for. although Ii Is the short
est OF the tragedies, ii would tnbe
fully three hours to read it out loud
without Cabling Hamlet thus read
would take neatly two hours more.
and this seems 10 bear out the con
tentlon of Swinturne. among others.
that much OF trn play, and. indeed
of other Tragedies, was written BY
Shakespeare for the study and not
for the stage. 4 six or seven hours
performance nGSt have been too ruuct
even for an aud ence OF Elizabeth :
spacious times. London Graphic.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
STORY OF A CHURCH.
Curious History Of an Unfinished Edi-
Zee In Ennlrnd


Here IL u curious history regarding
an unfinished church which stands at
Iiassall. near Sandbach. England A
former resident al. tie local hall, Il Mr..
Iownles. painfully conscious of the
lack of provision for the spiritual wants
Of the people In the neighborhood, de
termined to build church mt his own
expense. After carefully choosing
site he gave Instructions for the cree
tion OF II structure In the modern style
capahle Of seating 400 or 200 persons.
Work on il was begun in the sum
ncr of 1876 and was pushed on stead
lly until the day on which Queen Vie
loria was crowned, by which time the
building was well advanced. The
rrypts. about ten in number. had been
put in. The walls and roofs were com.
plete. and the seantllngs for the floor
were fixed INDEED. partly In eonse-
qnenee of the national rej0icings and
partly to celebrate the progress which
had been made, the building was
smothered in flags and decorations and
was the center of local festivities.
Next day Mr.. Lowndes was seized
! with an Illness which quickly proved
fstal. and with his passing all work
on the church ceased Though the
building could have been finished al
comparatively small cost. II was aban
doned, and II has not been used since
/ except by tourists. whose names "hul
low aud adorn it" as Mark Twain sait
Of those on the ruins of Gains altar
by the thousand. Wide World Maya
cline.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
SIGNAL MESSAGES.
Beacon Fires Were First Used. and
rner Cane Semaphores.


Signal fire telegraphing, with its very
limited scope OF information contained
seems to nave been about the only
means OF communicating quickly across
distances until relatively modern times
II was not untll the days Of the
french revolution TINT any material
Improvements over the beacon Dire tele
graph developed Three brothers named
Chappe devised The sen,aphore tele
graph This system got Into active op.
GRAFTON IL 1871. and Inc first real mes.
sage ever sppilra ont and teIegraphed
across country WAS in that year. aud
The text was is follows:
"Con;ie il taEen from the Austrians,
The saline day Tie national conven
ton sitting in Paris sent back the tol
having reply to the army:
"'I'he army OF the north deserves the
griitia,lc ot the country"
rhr scmaphore operators attained II
Slrcd Of ;hrec letters II inmate in lint
weather with an average of one .
minute over Ions distance. This mad
necessary The invention Of condensed
c0tles whirh catle into fashion Ne"
York Telephone Review.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Safe Deposit Vaults.

The safe deposit vault is an .Ameri-
can idea and was developed at the
time of the Civil war. Bank robberies
were SO frequent at that time that
hanks refused to take care Of their
customers valuables. An institution
referred it's clients to the porter as
willing to take the risk, For a small
sun, he took charge OF the boxes and
safes and made fortune. From this
arose the modern safe deposit, which
ID now part of every bank. The Eng,
,isb ever slow and cautions, did not
fake quickly to the idea of storing
their yaluables in public vaults, when
the idea was introduced in London
and it was 25 years before safe de-
nosit vaults were widely established
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
LOOSE SHOES.
Those Not Fastened Tight at the lnstsr
Cause Foot Trouble.

AGGSS ESOk
Seven persons out OF ten suffer ex-
cruciating pain ut one time or another
with their feet. A single corn ~.
larger than grain OF sand can take
all the snap" and vitality right onl
OF you
Two thirds or modern foot trouble,
ARE due TO the fact that almost evert
one-m man. woman and child wears his
shoe too loose. The shoe itself may be
correct us to size and shape, but 1t Is
not fastened tight at the only point Of
control namely, the instep.
When you set your foot upon tn,
tioor Or pavement IN the act OF walk
Ing the shoe adheres, aud ii 1t h.
loosely fastened over the instep tn,
foot pushes down into the toe of tn
shoe. AT certain spots on the foo
this slipping causes friction Thes,
spots are tho soles of the rect tn
tops, ends and inner sides OF the toes
the great and little toe joints and or
casionaily even the back OF the heel.
When the friction thus caused Is con
! linued hour after hour and day aftei
day one or more of these spots are Al
most sure to become inhamed and sore
| 4 slight thickcning, called II "cailous,
is formed. as the friction aud pressur,
go on the resulting callous may thick
en- W uneveny; then 1t Is called ;
corn" Womnn's Home Companion.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
t{is Prcfession.

Mr. Justice Lawrence was once raSs
ing sentence Gu Il uIu ana III ,Oi'
course OF ui; preliminary remarks he
referred TO Blm rs "a nroleSSloha
uurglar"
lhc prisoner raised loud protests
from the dock.
"uere." he exclaimed, Il dunno vol
you mean ny calIill' me Il prulesSiolIa
burglar. ve only done Il once before
an I've blu uaubed 10th times
Mr. Justice Lawrence beaned unni'
nim.
"Uh. | did not mean to say ne re-
marked II his most snaNr thah'icf
that you nad been very successful It
your profession. - London Answers.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
lnc-ct's Gail Means a Death,

There is superstition connected
with the death watch which, like most
superstitigns, is based upon the the
CRY Of probabilities. The death watch
is usually heard in Tho spring OF the
year and Q superstition runs to the eff.
feet that como enc i'll the house will
die within the year. Persons who are
superstitious are never very strict in
the Interpretation Of the predictions
and therefore, whenever person dies
in the house or out of it, in tho same
room where the death watch was
heard, CT across the Atlantic SO that
there be some kind of a relationship,
or ever acquaintance, between the
per5on who hears the omen and the
person dying the event is sure to be
connected with the prophetic sounds
of the insect.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
4 Practical Query.

Ny little boy stood, open moutheo
while q friend elaborated the details OF
Sudden death The patient had not
been considered yerg seriously III. and
his purse entered bringing Il baked
nutnta for which the sick man had eX
pressed a wish. But, said my friend
before he had tasted il be died,
deprecated the sadness OF such tecita
before the child but need not have
feared His baby voice piped out
And what became OF the potatot =
Harper'S Magazine
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
lively Wodclira Gifts.

No ono ever received a more curious
consignment Of wedding presents than
the famous lion trainer Ritlel. We
spent orr honeymoon ut Lyons. hp
once told Il friend and we had same
q,leer presents from the ordinary point
Of view. rs all my friends were anS
i0us TO give some; hing useful. Among
other gifts wore three boa constructors
aud live alligators. shall never for
get how annoyed was and how
frightened my wife was when during
he night tWu of the aiiigators broke
out Of their boxes in orr bedroom and
began exploring | could not tind the
matches. aud my wife and remained
on top of the bed canopy till morning
Luckily my wife did not think OF the
thing that was worrying me | wits
deadly afraid that the ulligators would
wakea up the boa constructors,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
When tis We ut to the Front.

Ibid you hear that George went TO
the front yesterdays" asked the broth
er OF Ethel
k.thers face blanched Why, what
do you mean, ia K! lie never tod
me-
We'll, / saw hin' co. said the broth
err as be reached for his hat. Don't
you remember iaet evening. when he
kissed you first on your right check and
then on your left. and then didn't he go
TO the front - Ladies Home Journal.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
dad For lis Mates.

There is Il tablet in the sailors home
ut Melbourne to James Mari. He was
Il sailor before the mast Op the Rip
On July II, 1873. the Rip WAS caught
IL Il squal Mari sal asiride of the
gali when Il great wave broke over the
boat ana hrouglt down the uainnlast,
There WAS only one chance 10 save the
Rip That WIS to cut away the litter
But Mari clung to the broken spar
and to cut away meant to send him
overheard To his death SO, looking az
him doubtiuily. the men hesltated
their axes in their hands Mari, help.
less. pun!rrpd He saw tina, bis death
would he the buut's salvation, aud he
shouted:
cut away, mates. Goodby."
Then be let himself fall into the cold
wild sea.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Maxim loIls,

The assembling by German dollmak'
ers Of the different parts Of the dolls
is often very complicated. The best
jolatpd dolls have stout elastic cord
Oh tie inside. to which the movable
parts are attached. \ special branch
of the industry is devoted to the max
ing Of dresses AMI hats The latest
Partisan styles are copied in dressing
the larger sized dolls. and the crea
items turned ont compare very favora
bly in miniature with the original
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
KING or ALL THE TUBERs
COMPARED With e Yam, Irish Potato
Is Called ieipid, Almost
Tastes Bulb.

Tie golden IN, says the Washing.
tan Post. tSaelab0rates the sun and
the soil into sugar which makes sac
charine seer sour, was set apart by
cur 6ref paynts as the overload Of all
tubers. II history Of its Irish rival
NAV Be eenitely traced to the foster
care of Pleigh. II spread into Ian
cashlre, 3 path through the low
courtrieimay be followed as clearly
as the arch Of the army worm. But
tile gepllogy Of the yam is lost in the
nornin mists Of antiquity II is sup-
posed Q be identical with the man.
drakafor which the Orient peoples
dug for hidden treasure. Beyond
all rradyenture it was The yam to
whia the Spanish gave what after.
war became the generic name 'bata.
ia, modified into our own collective
'pd1to.' Its purple flowers were hail,
eds the harbingers Of natures rich.
es1argesse, while Humboldt was still
dcbting whother nature originally
hi anything to do with the creation
ofthe Irish potato. 1t is the succu
let root to which loving illusions are
ntJe by the great dramatist, who
Duld have condemned the Mermaid
o q tavern if he had been offered tht
tsteless bulb exploited by Master
laleigh.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Carte Blanche.

IL think" said Mrs. Cumrox. who
was arranging Il musical program.
that we will have a mezzo soprano
"AIl right" replied her indulgent
husband Don't bother me about It.
Go ahead aud see an architect
Washington Star.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Tho Backs Of Youth.

The books that charmed rs In youth
rrcali the delight ever atterward we
urc hardly persuaded there are any ike
their. any deserving equally our aflec
tions. Fortunate If the best fan IN our
way during these susceptible ana form
ING periods OF our lives Acct.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Only Officers.

Corporal ITO soldier reporting sck,-
What's the matter with you! Tom
my-Pnin in my abdomen. Corporal
Abdomen, Abdomen. indeed. You
don't ave no abdomen: you ave
stoinirk. It's only the officers what
ms abdomens. IIondon Punch.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Savina His Money.

Owens Say. lend Inc tiver, old
man 5owens-if you'd save your
own money YOU wouldn't have to Dor
row from your friends. Owens-But
it's because | want to save my own
money that borrow from my friends.
Boston Transcript.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
N OF DANGEROUS.

eve found kidnnper in orr house
the other day"
'Guud heavens. Did you get the 20
ice
What, For fne surprise present
OF a new cradle:' Baltimore Amer,
ieau
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Hart rhrohs Storcad.

Nan-So you've had a falling out
with Jack. / thought ne loved rou
with all his heart. Pan That's inst It
t.e had heart failure. = Philadelphia
Record.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
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Preserving Their Morals.

When the fuse blew out for the Mt
time in five minutes the woman witt
with her four small children, occupie
the seat nearest tbs motorman, clar'
ored for assistance in removing ht
brood to a seat in the rear of the ca
You needn't 60 to all that troubl
madam" said an old gentleman rea
surlngly. There is no danger. Yt
are Just as safe here as In any 9TH
part of the car
"Oh, I'm not afraid" she said.
want to get the children away so1,
place where they can't hear the vi
torman."
Corner on Idols.
II. f. Huntington of Pasadena, CT
has done a foolish reactionary thir|
He has bought 81 idols, brought the
| from their original Japanese temp.
and installed them in his grounds
that he can worship Buddha In sec|
SIGN. How much better it would ha'
been IL he had got statues Of sol
of the American idols and put thu
up so that the populace might vi
ship. lie could have several politia
favorites, Mammon. two or three ba|
ball heroes, several moving picts|
COW boys, ten-foot statue Of an Am
lean silver dollar, a leading vaudevs
actress, an aviator. . fat hos for d
cago, Kansas City and Omaha u
tors, and statues Of . bull mooao.
elephant and donkey.--Pennsylva|
Grit.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12

Husband You look bad today, my
love. Is 1t that you are III? Wife
No, John; It's this last years hat I'm
wearing Harper's Bazar.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
AdsntabiIitv.

Fashion thyselt to the circumstances
OF thy lot The men whom fate hath
made thy comrades here. love, ana
love them in sincerity and truth.-Mar.
Gus AurcliuS.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Wronq Diagnosis.

Rings-- Did you see where some critic
says that women have not got the OBJ
jective faculty: Ranss-Huh! Id like
that critic to start any question with
my wife Baltimore American.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Full CT Thrills.
WAS the play excitinsT'

WAS the play eXritlns:
ION. very The management had
engaged TWO ieadiug ladies. and there
was a constant struggle for the center
Of the stage Washington Herald.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12

The only thing that walks back FROM
the tomb with the nlourners and refuses
TO he buried Is character w. NJ. Hunt
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12

We should believe only In deeds.
Words 90 for nothing everywhere. -
Rojas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-11
.ASTOR WILL RE-PROBATEO
Made Necessary by Birth Of
Posthumous Child.

The will OF Colonel John JACOB AstoF
was for the second time admitted TO pro-
bate yesterday In the Surrogate's court.
The opening Of the probate proceeding and
the re-probating OF the Will were made
necessary by the recent birth OF the tes-
tators posthumous child, John jacob
Astor.
Egerton l.. winthrop jr., who was APP
pointed by Surrogate Fowler as special
guardian Of the infant, appeared and gave
his consent in behalf OF his ward TO the
re-probating. offering no objection TO is
terms. which include 100000 for the
new born heir.
But Mr. winthrop stipulated that MS
consent did not mean an acceptance Tor
the infant Of the terms Of the Will rms,
however. is not regarded as indicative OF
any court proceeding to break the VIII oil
Colonel Astor. but is a mere legal formal
nv. the same as former Judge Henry a.
Gildersleeve took advantage OF when nc
consented to the original probate OF the
will as special guardian for Mrs. Made
leine Force Astor, widow OF COLONEL Aston
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-11
"a FEW PLAIN FACTS"

Fran, the Associated Prohibition Press.
when YOU meet an ardent Bull Mooser be
,-erarcd with n few plain facts. Tell him
mat the founder OF the Ananias CIuo was
occuaed OF receiving trust contributions IN
tine 1901 campaign and that no retorted win
tho familiar reply, Liar" Now the fact
g.. established. go he says he wanted them
con, hack. Also tell your friend that MT.
Hughes. now chief justice. brought to light
the fact that $4,000 OF policyholders money
,yoz contributed to that same fund by George
W Perkins. yice-president OF the New YORK
,,e Insurance Company. This is the same
perkins who now. az an angel OF light, STANDS
y, Armagcddon and battles for his lord.
,frovy n little about the campaign gift OF
No Equitable Life Insurance Company and
., Hartman. Post yourself on the visit OF
Mr. Frlck. the steel masnate. and MI
ruon,bIy. OF the Vanderbilt interests 10
yosbington-a visit asked BY Roosevelt to'
enc nurposc Of talking over campaign funds'
,r.u how Roosevelt repaid these people by
the Tennessee Coal and Iron merger IN i'o''
re ready with the facts Of Mr.. Roosevelt
h,tter war against practically all or the
,bipas he now pretends to stand for. Anaiyze
enc absurdites OF his promise TO give 'he
800 Garner everything and the manufact-
- atm more. Know what Wiley. Brandeis'
IA Toilette and other true progressiVes arc
.a,t,r Of this humbug. Think II over anu
.,,e your friends the benefits OF your THINK
,,r some OF thom don't think.