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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
TOOK AER0PLANE FOR ENEMY
French Birds Investigated Strange
Creature Of tho Air and Appear
Satisfied.

An extraordinary instance Of the in
telligencs Of birds forms the suhjec;
OF a letter received by the French
ministry Of agriculture from an in
spector OF forests.
Some time ago the Inspector 70
ceived complaints from sportsmen
that quail and psrtri6geS had become
scarce in certain districts On exam
lining the matter he found the bird
had deserted the regions in which
eerodomes had been installed. Seem
ingly they took The monop,anes and
biplanes for enormous birds of pey
Finding after some tlMe however,
that their ranks were noE thinred l..
the strange creatures lowering over.
head, paftridges and quail dispatches.
scouts to the aerodomes to examine
the air craft at close quarters. The
result OF the Investigations Of these
feathered ENJOYS was evidently reas
.irirs. for the birds returned TO theil
former haunts and the preserves
around lie Mans and Rheim, ere new
AZ well stocked Gs formerly.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Iivo,y Wedd;r, Gifts

No one ever received II more curious
consignment uf wedding presents than
the famous lion trainer Ride'. I'VE
spent orr honeymoon ut Lyons he
once told Il friend. aud we had some
queer presents from the ordinary point,
of view, Ms Ill my friends were ans
ious TO give something useful, Among
other gifts were three hoa constructors
and i've aIligators. | shall never for
get how annoyed | WIS and how
frightened my wife was when during
he night two OF the allgators broh,
out Of their boxes in our bedroom aud
began exploring could rot find the
matches, ana my wife aud | remained
gu top Of the bed canopy till morning
Luckily my wife did not think OF tht
thing that was worrying me. ! was
deadly afraid that the aliisators would
wakcn up the hon constructors.
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Mothers. Ir.LaM.

The editor OF woman's magazine
get letter the other Gay from cor.
respondent who asked, What mourn,
ing, ii any should be worn for o
motherin-lew?" This question is
freighted with meaning, The longer
you look at it the weightler 1t be-
comes. Tie sditor answered that 1t
ell depends en- the lother.in.iaw, ard
Immediately we have an answer quite
as weighty IS the question. In the
fuupy papers and in fiction no mother.
in-lGw was ever taken seriously, In
real life We not only take them seri
ously but we sometimes take them
With a great deal Of affection and re-
spect, The motherin-law joke should
have rad its day, and yet out OF a
clear sky-well, as | say, the woman
wants to know what mourning-IF
ANY.-should be worn..-New York
Press.
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PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRONCO
Writer olowlnsly Points Out Useful.
ness Of Little Arizona Animal
on the Trail.

When the Arizona bronco wishes to
be safe Tor YOU and himself. he IL the
safest thing in the world: and when
he wishes to be unsafe. life is a mer.
ry chance. | went up and down trails
III Arizona which were almost psrpen.
dicular, and rough and stone-strewn,
zoo; but there was little danger, for
the bronco has. not the ten pound"
but the thousand pound" look! His
aose is TO the ground. his eyes fast.
ened on the trail. his footstep the
most beautifully careful thing the
mind can conceive One foot, placed
before another eases, preserves the
balance, adjusts the weight for an.
)ther; and all this wonderful machiP.
cry of eQuipoise, stability and safety
you feel working under you like deli
cate machine. Yet this sage pioneer
OF the trail, with his meticulous care
Of you and himself, was Just wild
ranse-pony. hunted down by a range
rider. driven. coaxed or duped into a
corral. broken, saddled. brldled and
ridden all In one hour; wrenched out
Of his wildness. having his heart brok
en-, and made into a slave while you
would eat your breakfast. He il not
beauty; he Is just mongrel; but
his legs and his feet are made OF iron
and steel, and the work he does over
awful trails, In rough and ragged
country, strewn with stones and flints
and boulders and lava and scrub,
week after week, month after month
snd year after year, would spoil The
legs OF thoroughbred In three days.
Gilbert Parker in Metropolitan Mag,
| a2ine.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
KING OF ALL THE TUBERS
Compared With the Yam, Irish Potato
Is Called lnslpid, Almost
Tasteless Bulb.

The golden yam, says the Washing
ton Post, that Celebrates the sun and
the soil into sugar which makes sac
charine seem sour, was set apart by
our first parents as the overload of all
tuhers. Tho history Of its Irish rival
my be definitely traced to the foster
care Of Raleigh. II spread into Ian,
oeshiNe, its Path through the low
countries may be followed as clearly
as the march CT the army worm, But
the schealogy OF the yam is lost in the
morning mists of antiquity It is sup.
posed TO be identical with the man.
drake for which the Orient peoples
dug as for hidden tree sure. hey und
ell peradventure IL Was the yam. to
which the Spanish gave what after.
ward became the generic name "bata.
ta, modified into our own collective
potato" Its purple flowers we're hail.
ed as the harbingers of natures rich.
est largesse, while Humboldt WAS still
doubling whather nature originally
had anything to do with the creation
d the Irish potato. Ii is the succu
lent root to which loving illusions are
made by the great dramatist. who
would have condemned the Mermaid
Us a tavern if he had been offered the
tas,oless bulb exploited by Master
Raleigh.
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Apples and Complexion.

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' Applea are going TO save the
compilations of all American women,
/, Grant Border OF Baltimore, address.
ius the International Shippers asso.
citation, at Chicago, said; IF women
knew that eating apples Will do more
to make their complications beautiful
than ali the face remedies in the
world, they would eat them morning,
uoon aud night, Five years from now,
when the countless apple orchards
that have come into existence the past
few years begin to bear full crops, the
apple production In the United States
will exceed l00000,000 barrels. That
will give every woman a chance to
get good, steady, reliable, fast.color
complexion for little cost
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12

There is a superstition connected
with the death watch which like NOS
superstitions IL based upon the the.
DRY Of probabilities, The death watch
IL usually heard In the spring of the
year aud q superstition runs to the ef
feet that some one In 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 1t, In the same
room where the death watch was
heard, or across the Atlantic. so that
there be some kind of relationship,
or even acquaintance, between the
person who hears the omen and the
person dying, the event IL sure to be
connected with the prophetic sounds
OF the insect
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SIGNAL MESSAGES.
Beacon Fires Were First Used and
Their Came Semaphores.

SiSuat tire te)e%raNhing, with It's very
limited scope Of iniurma ton contained
sreIuS Ia in,e been about the only
meanS OF communicating quickly across
distances untiI relatively modern times
Il was not nntli the days OF tie
French revolution that any material
Improvement over the beacon fire tc,e
graph lrvplnrrd Three brothers uann d
Chapre devised the srmaphore tcIe.
graph This system got into active op,
Grafton in ii9i. aud The first renl mes.
sage ever specified out and te'errap,,rd
across country WAS IN that year. aud
the tcy, was rs follows:
'COude is taken from the AuStranS
The same day The national vuuvra
ton, sitting IN Paris. sent back the tot
lowing reply Ia the army:
"lNr army Of the north deserves the
gratitude 81 the country"
thr sCmnnhure Operators attained -
speed OF three letters a minute IN hnr
NcatE"r, With An average OF one "a
minute nvet long distance. THIS nia'it'
necessary the inv viitiun Ut condensed
codes, viii Il came Into fashion NV
York Telephone Review.
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The Chocos Indians, who live on the
south western coast of Panama, are be-
iieved to be descendants of the tribes
which inhabited that part of the world
when Columbus discovered Sauto Do
mingo.
They are tall and stalwart, with
kindly natures, free hospitality and
an innate honesty, Few white men
have ever been among them. Tribes of
a somewhat similar nature are also
found on the southeast coast, many OF
them having never seen white face
In their lives. While the republic of
Panama nominally rules this section
the truth Is that these Indians govern
themselves entirely, and have absolute,
" no Intercourse with the white. They
do not allow a white man to visit their
lands and still fly the Colombian flag
Their houses are grass huts, Their
clothing is almost nothing, but they
seem to enjoy life in spite of the fact
that they are unscquainted with the
benefits OF religion, fashion, society
and government,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
FROM AN AUSTRALIAN DIARY
Voraoious Ants Of All kinds-One
Species that Evinees Fendness
fer Sheet Lead.

About noon It got too hot for any.
thlng and | took well earned swim
II secluded creek, amid shoals of
fsh, large and small, who apparently
resented my intrusion, from the way
they came and stared at me.
l found on emerging from the water
that hest 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 way which was exceedingly
painful.
There are thousands of ants every.
where, says writer in the Gentle.
woman. Some of the anthills are
three feet high and six feet across
but except for a sharp nip at the time,
the ordinary ants bite is not notice
able. But If soldier ant or bull ant
or green head ian ant about one and
half inches long, with a green head
bites you. il is not to be forgotten, be-
cause they take quite big piece out.
Then there are the white ants (not
really ants. but termitesl, which
cheerIuliy eat the inside out of the
beams OF the wooden houses, and re.
Gently have been eating the sheet lead
on the top of the Sydney museum. The
city fathers thought this was going a
little far, SO now the ants are pre-
served inside the museum with sam.
pies of the half consumed lead as
warning to all who allow their appe.
utes TO run away with them.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12

Whenever Macbeth IL pui upon the
stage very ncar.y II fourth OF 1t has to
be omitted, for, although It Is the short
est of the tragedies. II would take
fully three houls to read IT ont i"nd
without Cabling "llamler thus read
would take neatly two hours more.
and this seems 20 benr out the con
tentIvu OF Swiulnrue, among others
that much Of the play, and. indeed.
Of OF her tragedies, was written By
Shakespeare for he study ard MOI
tor the stage. A six or seven hours
performance must have been too much
even for an audience or Elizabeth :
spacious times. London Graphic
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
1t Isn't Veneer That Really Counts.

It's what a man is. not what he has.
which makes him real man, after
all. Acquired powers have their fas.
cination, it must DO admitted, but.
compared with genuine qualities, are
not important. Which do you wish
the ability of Il husband to swear ae
you in seven languages. or 4 loving.
tenderness that will prompt your lus.
band to speak words OF sympathy to
you In commonplace accents? Are
YOU contemplating living with clever
ness that can cut you to the heart or
with great tenderness Of nature that
can sympathize?
Technical facilities. encyclopedia tn.
formation, polished manners, au &C.
CURED points, usually attract a wom-,
an. They are veneers, and the wiss
girl viii look beneath. continental
bow, a polite speech Of apology with a
French phrase thrown In, can never
counterbalance the black eye given III
blind rage.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
C,ser- LIED BY a kn;fa.

AZ Old politician whose tendencies
were toward lie tea, ii.;ls;s of p7oh,Di.
iioiiiSi> ;'';', aaN be accidentally spotted
ihs e.tt-' -; plea he was making
'.i!usi ,Gy 'Iaur traffic before an ont.
door audivnvC In the northern part OF
Indiana, i:y tie time lie had made ont
the notes for Ills speech he had reached
point of view that BODIED ill for King
Rum. and when he began speaking
from them his Imagination expanded
and his language fairly scintillated with
irehrands hurled at the traffic. In The
midst of ii. while paying his special
RESPECTS to those who helped the traffic
nlcng 10y their ienieuce toward II. n
series of malevoient brsezes tried to
larry OF the loose leaves of his manu-.
script. To stop the annoyance he
OPENED up his rocketkuife and Pinned
the pages TO the pine board before him
He pinned them with such vigorous
jolt that Il big corkscrew with which
the other end Of the knife was equip.
per hoppcd open and stood up shame
lesSly before all those temperance peo
Pile
Il have always felt" the orator Is
wont TO say. that the impression 1
made on that crowd WAS not commen
saraie with the beauty of my effort
Indianapolis News
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Safe Deposit Vaults.

The safe deposit vault il an Anleri
can idea, and was developed at the
time Of the Civil war. Bank robberies
were so frequent at that time that
banks refused to take care Of their
customers valuabies. An institution
referred Its clients to the porter as
willing to take the risk. For a small
sum he took charge of the boxes and
safes and made fortune. From this
arose the modern safe deposit, which
Is now part of every bank. The Eng
fish, ever slow and cautious, did not
take quickly to the idea of storing
their valuables in public vaults when
the idea was introduced in London,
and 1t was % years before safe de-
post vaults were widely established.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Die5 For His Mates,

There Is II tablet in the sailors home
at Melbourne to James Mari He was
n sailor before the mast Oh the Rip
On luy -. 1913. the Rip was caught
III Il squat Mari sat astride of the
gait whCn great wave broke over til,
boat and brought down the mainmGst
There was only ore chance TO save the
Rip That WAS TO cut away the litter
But Mari cluag TO the broken spar
and 10 cut away meant to send hilu
overheard 10 his death 80, looking a.
him duUhNuI'l. the men hosltatrd
their nAes in their hand- Mart hetu.
less pcndcrrd He saw that his dcath
would be the boats salvation, aud III
shouted;
cut away, mates, Goodby"
Then lie let himself fall into the cod
Wild sea,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12

Mr.. Justice Lawrence was once pass
ny sentence 90 q man. ana III iln
course NJ ms preliminary remarks IT,
referred to bim rs ~ prolesSionh'
burglar"
lie prisoner raised loud protests
trOm the dock,
Here he exclaimed, II dunno Wul
yon mean Uy calm me Il professions
burglar. ve only done Il ouce betotr
an I've bin uaubrd both times
Mr. Justice Lawrence mhtncd urnu
hlm.
Oh. | did not mean to say he to
marked IN MS most sutlNr m1rnri
'tnlt YOU uad been very successful NJ
your profession i.oudon Answers
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
The Satan Of the Greeks.

The Greek conception or the evil one
whom they call iaUa, makes that per
sonage one ct the most satanic OF the
whole evil tribe. According to tilei
ideas OF him, he Is 30 miles high unIi
the hairs GU his body stand ont iIk"
pain trees on mountain side He
Furnishes the doomed beings submitted
to his charge by putting them IN bed
OF boiling oil, saving their bodies IL,
two, pouring molten lead III their ear'
and such other little prankS a. pniIin.
out their Tongues, toe and finger nails
and gougtng out thelr eyes lie t. II
heartlcss old liend Of the most iicndIs!
kind aud has r2nny other exquisite 1T
tie fortunes iaId up for the helpless
wretch cousigied to hls chamber OF
horrors"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
CAPTURING BEARS m INDIA
Plan for Destroying Animals Ia Novel
and Said to Be Always
Successful.

A curious method of capturing Wild
bears 10 employed in certain parts Of
India, the New York Herald remarks
-Four or i've sturdy meu are armed
two with long spears crossharred on
the handles close TO the sharp two
edged blade. and two or three with
ten foot bamboos. of which the endr
are smeared with bird lime.
Thus equipped and leading several
powerful dogs. the hunters sally forth
an hour or 80 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
Giles hunt silently. their straining on
the leash informs their owners tina,
the game Is nigh.
The dogs are slipped and disappear
In the senidarkness. Soon their roar
ing and growing indicate that they
have found the game. The hunters rur
up to the spot where the bear is fight
idg with the dogs.
The men with the lined poles poke
the bear in the ribs and sdroitly twisi
the ends In its long hair. thus holdins
1t fast on each flank. The spearmer
complete the operation by repeated
spear thrusts.
II 10 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
LOOSE SHOES.
Those Not Fastened Tight at the lnstep
Cause Foot Trouble.

Seven persons OUT OF ten suffer pN.
circulating pain at one time OF another
with their feet A single corn no
larger than grain OF sand can tukr
All the snap ana vitality right out
OF You.
Two thirds OF modern foot troubles
are due 70 the fact that almost every
oue-man. woman anu child wpars his
shoe too loose. The shoe Itself ina, he
correct as to size ana shape, but II Is
not fastened tight at the only point OF
control namely, the inStVp.
When you set your foot unon the
door OF pavement in the act OF walk
lug the shoe adhcrrs. uud II II br
loosely fastened over lhc inSten lhr
foot pushes down Into the t,S OF the
shoe, Al certain spots on the iHoi
this slipping cnnses friction These
spots are the solcs OF the feet, the
tops, ends ana inner sides OF the toes
he great and little toe joints and uc
casionally even the back OF the heel
When the friction thus caused il con
tinued hour after hour and day tel
day one or more OF these spots are n
most sure to become inlnmed and sore
| A slight thickening, called "calloAS.
| Is formed AS tie friction and prrssur,
go on the resulting calious may thick
en- M uneyenly; then II Is called !
corn. Woman's HOine Companion,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
A Prsciicnl Quarry.

My little boy stood. open mouthcd
while a friend elaborated the details OF
a sudden death The ratIen, hnd nos
been considered very seriously i'll. ana
bis purse entered bringing baked
potato for which the sick lnnn had cS
pressed II wish. but" said my friend
before be had tasted 1t be died " /
deprecated the sadness OF such recital
before the child. but | need not have
feared His baby voice plped out.
Harper's Magazine.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Dancer In Crabs.

Crabs, no matter how fresh they be
make some fellows sick nearly every
time they eat them. Still they TAX,
a chance on 1t every once in SO often
Just the same. Grabs must be very
fine eating and have lovely taste as
they are being munched and put into
the paunches OF the crabeaters. Grabs
will eat a dead horse, or rats, pigs,
cats or dogs decaying in the ocean
Perhaps II the crabs we're penned up
and fed on the choicest of foods for
come days, 80 as to get . few OF the
dirty germs out Of them, as we'll as rid
them Of the 9Th they eat, then In
somewhat cleaner condition they might
Tot, after being eaten, turn the insides
wrong side out and inside outward
beth ways ct the same time. Some
foolish fellows feel highly insulted
when told that they take a chance
every time they eat crabs. Eat EN-
and don't kick at the doctor bin.-Ex'
change
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STORY OF A CHURCH.
Curious History Of an Unfinished Ed.
fee In England.


~" = o"' ''''', n'A'p'! ''T',"'"'
"a '''',,'''N'''" ,.iu', II ""',n S,"''n' 1T
nassau "V"' ''"l'u'''h' r-n| anu
.o'n'c, 'es'icn' ~ t''e ''S''i ''A'' A.'
i'oM NUS i"ihin'is CONSCIOUS OIL 'uo
u'N % P'oN $50" io' 'he SlHri'u"' wants.
Vi 'he ieol'e ~ Tue ,e'Supor"oou' ue-
'''"i''ie" !" p"i'" enuiN" Ut us o""
eAPe,'Se' N'te' c're'"''E cno''>'"S
sn' "e gave '''s''"'''oAS 'o' Tue cree
W." VI s''u''o'e III ''e hiunefh S'H'e
rhpaDie OF seatlhS I'M OF Jvp persons.
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nakinu Cclls,

The assembling by German dollmnk
ers of the different parts of the dolls
is often very complicated The best
lointed dolls have stout elastic cord
on the iuside, to which the movable
parts are attached 4 speciaI branch
Of the industry is devoted to the max
ing Of dresses and bats The latest
rarislhn styles are copied In dress'at
the larger sized dolls, aud the crea
lions turned out compare very farorh
bly, IN miniature with the original.
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When RE Went to tho Front.

"DId you hear that George went to
the front yesterday asGed the broth
er OF Ethel.
do you mean. Ja'kt lie never told
me"
"Wetl, | saw hin' 20" said the broth
err as he reached for his hat. Don't
you remember last evening, when he
kissed you first on your right check and
then on your left. and then didn't he 60
to the front - Ladies' Home journal.
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rTs~-----@--~@
INSPIRATION OF THE C0L0RS
Sentiments That tho Soldier Assoai.
stes With tho Flag Have Turned
Many Battles.

Instance after instance could DO
quoted from military history In which
the mere sight Of the colors has In
spired men and carried them to ulti-
mate victory when the tide Of battle
appeared to have turned against them
and all seemed lost, Great generals
have themselves taken the colors In
their hands aud rallied their forces to
supreme effort In the hour Of trial.
Obviously It was not the mere piece
Of tattered silk that wrought these
wonders; 1t was the sentiment insep-
arably associated with the colors that
acted as the spell.
We know. too. that the capture or
the loss of colors has always been AZ
signed vital Importance by tho
worlds greatest commanders, be-
cause they knew that these regimen.
tai emblems typifled all that their
possessors held most dear-prestige.
honor, victory. Let any man visit
Naroleons tomb at the Invalides, and,
taking on the solemn spirit OF the
hour, gaze down into the circular
shrine In which lies the huge porphyry
sarcophagus containing the body of
the great captain whose legions made
all Europe tremble Apart from the
sarcophagus itself. what Is It that
most impresses nine out OF every ten
spectators? Surely the stands of col
ors-the trophies Of war--that stand
grouped round the tomb. They ara
the mutely eloquent witnesses to the
greatness of the man whose dust rests
in their midst.--London Telegraph.
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Not DANGEROUS,

eve found a kiduaper 10 our house
the other day
Good heavens, Did YOU get the no
'icp:"
What For II tine surprise prescul
OF new Cradie:"- Baltimore Amer
icuu
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Corporal 10 soldier reporting sick,-
What's the matter with you? Ton,
my--pain In my abdomen. Corporal
Abdomen, Abdomen, indeed! You
don't ave no abdomen: you ave n
stomirk. It's only the officers what
as abdomeus.- London Punch.