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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
The Sapient Suegester.

The person who is always telling
other people how they should do their
work approaches my desk.
The light of inspiration is in his
eye. Therefore, l shudder.
81 have a new one for you,' ne
says.
81 say nothing, knowing that any
protest will be useless.
why" he begins, do you not write
a joke about the glass eater marrying
the Circassian princess?"
Feebly l asked him for the rest OF
1t.
Because she is putty" he says.
AS in a dream his strident laughter
floats back to me while he goes down
the hall.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
PLAGUE KILLS MANY
MURDERER TRACED BY DOG
Animal Follows Man Who Killed
Girl to a Ballroom and
Attacks Him.

Geneva.-The little village of AL
staetten, in the canton Of st. Gall, has
offered a striking illustration Of the
value Of dogs in criminal detection,
provided the animal be placed on the
trail early In the affair.
Alstaetten was celebrating a feast
day this week, and, according to Gus
tom, the villagers ended the day OF
floral dances and gamesS in the open
with banquet and ball at the prin-
cipal local restaurant.
At about 5 o'clock on the day of
the celebration a pretty Swiss girl,
Mile. Regina Staebbler, aged seven
teen, was found dead in lonely road
just outside the village. The discov-
cry was made by some peasants on
their way to the restaurant The po-
lice were informed and made an in
vestigation of the spot. They found
clutched in the victims hand a small
piece of cloth which had evidently
been torn from the clothing of her as
sailant during the struggle.
The police were about to repair tc
the restaurant and look among the
dancers for man whose clothing
might show signs of being torn when
it was suggested that dog might be
used. A wolf-hound was procured and
made to smell of the torn cloth. He
started off on the trail, leading the
police through fields and by paths te
the restaurant where the ball was go
ing on. He scrambled out and In
among the dancers, and finally pounc
ed upon a man who was dancing ant
tried to attack him.
The latter was arrested and his
clothing examined A hole was found
into which the piece of cloth exactly
fitted Confronted by this evidence
the man made G. confession. He haC
killed Regina because she had lief
him for another.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
KEYSTONE MAN OF 81 ELOPES
G. c. johnson Of Pennsylvania Makes
Maiden of Fifty-Five His Bride
at Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Minneapolis vic.
tins. romantic youth of sixty-one
and blushing maiden of flfty-fve,
closed with marriage here an elope-
ment from Pennsylvania, according
to the story the bridegroom told Clar-
ence Williams. marriage license dep.
uty. Why the elopement the bride
groom, G. c. Johnson, who gave his
address as Germantown, Pa. failed to
state. Miss Helen Johnson of Phila-
delphia was the name given for the
bride.
I'VE made up our minds to run
away and get married and we've done
it," said Johnson to the clerk. Meth
Ell of us ever was married before. but
we're not too old to try it."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
The Octopus Again.

"How's this?" asked the customer
in the bookstore, Last week the
prices on Bacon and Lamb were only
SIPS, and now you have marked them
up to 49,"
well, you see" explained the book
seller, "since the meat trust began
cornering supplies"
But the customer hurried away to
secure matinee seats for "A Texas
Steer" before the prices went up at
the theater, too.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
SOME SYSTEM IS NECESSARY
Poultrymen Should Keep Books, Same
az In Any Other Line of Business
1t Stops Leaks.

Poultry keeping is business
and should be conducted along
business lines. Some system OF
accounting is necessary. The poul.
tryman should keep records of all
the income and expenses of his bust.
ness in order to know whether it is q
paying proposition or not If it does
not pay he should know it and either
stop the leak or go out of business.
An elaborate system of bookkeeping
ls not necessary. If the poultryman
wishes to avoid keeping full accounts
be can at least keep cash account
This does not express the exact finan
cial condition of the business, but Is
IN excellent help so far as it goes.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
NO FLOWERS AT FUNERALS
New Haven Pastor Issues Order
Barring Them Even From
the Cemetery.

New Haven.--A movement has just
been started by Rev. DR.. Walter J..
Stanley, pastor Of ST. Peters Roman
Catholic church in Danbury, which has
been Endorsed by the leading Catholic
clergy of this city, cutting out the
custom of sending flowers to funerals.
DR.. Stanley not only issued an or
der prohibiting the carrying of flow
ers into the church, but has an.
nounced that in the future no flowers
would be admitted into any Catholic
cemetery over which he has any
jurisdiction
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
Wonderful Crops.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
was talking to the Washington Star
about the record crops of 1912.
These wonderful crops" he said,
ARE almost enough to make you be-
lleve the cross-cut saw story.
"A farmer, you know, send his hired
man to neighbours with note
saying:
Friend Smith: VIII you please
lend me your cross-cut saw, as l wish
to cut a watermelon up so as to get
1t into my dray?
'The neighbor wrote back:
Friend Jones: l would be glad
to lend you my saw, but same has
just got stuck in a canteloupe.'
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
The Important Point.

The daughters of the household,
ardent suffragists, were talking poll
tics.
Taft will sweep the country" do
clared Mabel.
Wilson will sweep the country"
asserted Maud.
Roosevelt will sweep the country"
answered Margaret.
At this point dad took hand.
Never mind about who's going To
sweep the country" said he. Who's
going to sweep the kitchen ?'-LouioA
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
Nothing to Braq About.

They were walking Oh the beach
when the subject of bathing suits
was introduced by the young lady as
follows
Men are always criticizing women
about their bathing suits; but l don't
see anything to brag about in tho
mems suits here"
He glanced at scrawny man who
was summing himself on the sand and
replied. Il don't either"
Monthly.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
Indian Runnsr Ducks.

that affords greater profit for the
time and expense required than the
Indian Runner duck; and they are
not alone an all-round practical fowl
but ornamental as well. Their alert
lively nature, their graceful form:
beautiful colors and interesting
habits appeal to the artistic sense Of
every one.
The work alone in raising them Is
very interesting, because it is easy
clean and honorable, and, above all
there is big profits in it, which is the
greatest incentive to all business.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS EXCEL
Sometimes Called Egg Machines and
Also Afford Additional Value by
Their Feathers.

Although the Indian Runners are
sometimes called egg machines. we
find they are Of additional value for
feathers. by picking them at moulting
time, thus saving the feathers; and
also preventing them from being scat.
tered over their lots or run, says a
writer in an exchange.
While they are great foragers in
search of food, they never fail to re.
turn home at night.
Taking everything into considera.
ton, there Is certainly no other fowl
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
PAIR DIE IN SUICIDE PACT
Found Locked in Embrace In Hotel
Room and Letters Give
Identity Clues.

Calgary, Alberta.-Clasped in each
others arms in their room at local
hotel a man and women. registered
as Mr.. and Mrs. w. Inthout. were
found dead.
Both had died by revolver shots ap
parently of suicide pact. Letters
in the dead mans pocket indicate he
has a brother at Free Water. Ore
The woman left q letter addressed ia
her mother, Mrs. Louis Columbus
Paintsville. Ky.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
Raising Chickens,

BY all means raise chickens. Two
Hundred or 300 with plenty Of range
tan be raised to advantage at very
small expense because anything need.
I'd for feed can be raised on the farm.
Corn and wheat make fine chicken
iced and for winter cabbage will add
10 the value OF the ration.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
A Trust There, Too.

But" we say to the intrepid polar
explorer, "do you not fear that you
will become depressed for lack OF
home ties and home customs while
In the frozen north?"
ooh, don't know" he carelessly re-
spends, "why it is very homelike up
there. Fresh meat is quoted at $50
q pound"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
TOO PRETTY TO HOLD JOB
AS Employers Annoyed Her, She Left
Home and Fled From a Widow
ed Mother.

New York.-So pretty that she can
not hold a job without being annoyed
by her employers Miss Lydia Madison.
seventeen years old, has disappeared
from home, leaving her widowed
mother. The mother, Mrs. Mary Mad.
ison, asked the police to help her find
her girl
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
Not Bible Version.

A Sunday school teacher was re-
viewing her young class on Bible YER
sions they had recently learned. She
recited LET us love one another" and
then asked if any pupil knew another
verse about love. A four-year-old made
frantic signs for recognition and when
he was called on replied, Il love my
wife, but, oh, you educational
Monthly.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
TO FIGHT IMMORAL PLAYS
Canadian Methodists Plan Crusade to
Rid the Stage Of Improper
Performances.

Toronto, Ont.-A nationwide cru
SADIE to rid the stage in Canada Of
immoral and suggestive plays is to
be planned at the annual meeting of
the department of temperance and
moral reform of the Methodist church.
which assembled in Toronto with an
attendance of clergy and laymen from
all over the Dominion.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
Bank of England Strikes

This view of the financial situation
was not taken by an official. who
stated that the bank would not cease
payment Immediately. Nor did the
directors decide to change the bank
rate.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
A Proverb Refuted.

mo man." said the sage person,
'can be a hero in the eyes OF his
valet"
But objected the wise individual.
was not General Sheridan a hero In
the eyes of the Shenandoah Valley?"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
Another Axiom Antagonized.

eff you would have anything well
DONE" said the wise individual, you
should do it-attend to it yourself.
The shiftless person to whom this
choice assortment of wisdom was
handed smiled serenely, and asked:
"How about your own funeral?"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
POULTRY
|'XVV<l|
HANDY CHICKEN FEED TROUGH
Where One Thinks Hopper Best tc
Keep Before Fowls All Time Good
Plan Is Given.

One of the greatest needs in hen
house is dry. clean trough for feed
Ing shell, grit, bran or the dry ration.
The man who has a ceiled house can
try my method and I'll guarantee he
will like 1t, writes Mrs. NJ L. Dean in
the Northwest Farmstead. Cut
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
An Appropriate Place.

81 don't know where to put the
palmist at my reception" said Mrs.
,Richasmudd
\ "Why don't you put him in the
palmhouse?" asked Miss Duzzitt.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19
Understood.

l"I, sir" says the man with the un.
.erested face, "came from an old
uily. It's traditions and its"
Shake, old chap" interrupts the
VI, IT married into one"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-19

You can always get something for
nothing-in the form of advice.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19

While the leaders for both sides were wading
through the mazes of parliamentary procedure at
the Chicago convention yesterday, expoundng the ifs
and butts of regularity and citing what other
tons had done what were the delegates doing?
They yelled at Serene Payne, What about tine
tariff?' Where is Aldrich?'
They heckled Senator Bradley by wanting to
know if he didn't vote for Lorimer,, and when he
had to admit he did, they would hear no more from
him.
They applauded Heney when he said theft was
theft whether committed by Abe Ruef or by the
Republican national committee.
No matter what the platform or who the nominee,
the temper of the delegate body at Chicago shows
upon what lines the next campaign will be cast The
issues will be common honesty and whether not
the people are to be exploited.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
Printing and Engraving Girls Do Not
Have Such q Hard Time.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In answer to &c Piuribus Unum,"
how can one show their ignorance to
the public by writing such letter?
Those girls at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing do not stand eight hours.
They begin at s, take thirty minutes for
lunch, and quit at g. That is six and a
half hours. II, after working three
years at $3.50 day (some are not worth
their salt) amid oil, ink, cuspidors. and,
last but not least, dirty men, why don't
they resign, go back to work at "a per
week, work from 8 until 6 every day
and until 10 o'clock at night on Satur-
day, with no leave? They get thirty
days leave and pay at the bureau.
Congress would do justice II II made
them pay for spoiled work. with gad-
ding about how long the other assist
ants plumes are, how large the dia-
mond In their ring is and about their
SIS ponyskin coats. They slop the sheets
too wet. slip them on crooked. and who
pays for them when spoiled? The print
er. not the girls. They get $1.b0 a day
II the wheel goes around or not, but
the printer earns nothing n he does
not work. Does the public know these
hard worked girls go around during
working hours making UP pools. bet
ting money on horse races, football,
baseball. runs Of the home team, who
will win the next pennant?
MRS. l. KNOATHING.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
Red Cross Incident Not Responsible
For Colored Opposition to Taft.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Congressman siayden is credited in
your news columns Of today with the
statement that the Red Cross is blamed
for costing Taft colored support" This
ls certainly news Of an important char
acter. The Red Cross incident may have
cut some figure In Maryland, but In
general the statement can be stamped
as entirely erroneous, as the thing that
really cost the President the colored
support was his reference to his South
ern policy in his inaugural address. The
President is well aware of this. as his
negro officeholders have repeatedly in
formed him that they could not get the
"colored brother In line this time and
many Of them refused to take the stump
for him in the face of these facts.
Charles Banks, the Mississippi delegate,
who returned the Taft" coin, 10 one of
Booker T. Washington's lieutenants,
ana has done just what was to be ex-
pected. There are others to follow and
IT'S a question II any OF them ever heard
Of the Slayden Red Cross matter.
Query any negro, and he Will give
you the correct dope.
This is written simply to keep the rec
ORD clear. J. II. j.,
Anacostia, d, G..
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
Does Not Believe That People Who
Are Insane Should Be Imprisoned.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Theodore Roosevelt did right when he
attempted to have the words I'm God
We Trust removed from our coin, as
it Is a simple lie engraved on our coin
and IL Is the dollar in which we trust
and not the God mentioned.
am a native-born citizen OF the Unit
ed States and 80 was my eat-grand-
father, coming in via Plymouth
Rock"
And after much thinking and study on
the subject l am satisfied we are a
nation OF hspocrites. and can prove It
as the several political parties are now
busy calling each other liars and hypo-
critics And there certainly must be
And as further proof to Illustrate my
point l will say we, the great Ameri-
can people," now have at this day and
hour 100000 more or less of white slaves,
Involuntary servants" serving time in
direct violation Of the amendment to
the Constitution which says:
Neither slavery nor involuntary ser
vitude shall exist in the United States
or any State subject thereto. except as
a punishment for crime Of which the
parties have been duly convicted"
And still worse. they are, without a
doubt receiving more brutal and abusive
treatment than our common dog. horse
or COW. refer to those citizens called
insane.
II insanity Is a crime. then we have
10000 legitimate slaves, servants OF
prisoners (as you may call them), al
our mercy-and not otherwise. I will
ctiRen OF the untsd States 01e'aa to Drove
that those citizens called insane are
legitimately held prisoners according to
the amendments to the Constitution.
ALSO A SINNER
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
WINSTON WINGS A SATIRIST.

Mr. Winston Churchill-not the author OF The
Crisis but the storm center Of many crisis in Brit
sh affairs-has been forced to protect himself from
the forty guinea-pig power of a satirst. Some Tory
Juvenal, with pretty gift for occasional verse with
sting in it, dashed off little thing called "A Lost
Letter of Ancient Rome" and sent it to Blackwoods, s.,
that staid and venerable institution of British litera-
ture 1t exactly filled suddenly felt want at the
foot of the page, so the editor printed it.
Not until the tipstaff was at the door with sum-
mons did the person who sits on the tripod discover
that the merry little verses celebrating the leading
lights of British politics contained the statement that
Mr. Churchill "broke his parole" in making his
escape from the Boer poundmaster at Pretoria in the
troublous era of &c.
1t was grievous charge, even in poetry. These
little liberties might have been all very we'll while
he was polishing up the knocker on the big front
door, but it was impertnent to the point of high
treason after he had become the ruler Of the Kings
navee. 1t was smudge on the honor of soldier,
who felt stain as wound. "Od Ebony" made
public apology, but the first lord of the admiralty
was not satisfied He informed the editor that he
would have the law O him, and so he did 1t cost
the venerable periodical another apology and law
yers fee. After giving due warning that exemplary
damages would be asked if anybody else repeated
the offense, Mr.. Churchill permitted his fur to be
stroked until he could be coaxed back to the admiralty
office.
The prosecuting attorney INDUCED in a few sorry
ests to the effect that he thought the editor at least
read current poetry, but the children of song ignore
the low gbe. They realize that even though they
may be hated, they are feared. Tom Mann with his
Syndicalism is as a sucking dove to angry some
teer in the full tide of inspiration. The government
may yet have to make terms. Though an armed
truce prevails, Alfred Austin may write an ode and
disrupt the cabinet
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Ensign S. L. HENDERSON. home, wait
orders.
Ensign R. R. NJ. EMMETT, detached
Virginia. to fitting out Henley and
on board when commissioned.
Ensign c. L. LOTHROP, to Wheeling.
Ensign G. J. MOORE. detached Petrol,
to Asiatio Station.
Ensign r. S. FAY, detached Wheeling,
to Virginia.
Medical Director j. NJ. EDGAR, placed
on the retired list from September
l. upon own application, after thirty
years service.
Passed Assistant Surgeon w. s PIGH.
detached Naval Hospital. Puget
rassed Assistant Surgeon ]. r.
PHELPS. detached Naval Hospital,
Boston. Mass, to Naval Hospital,
Puget Sound, Wash.
Passed Assistant Surgeon H. A. GILT.
NER. detached Iris. home. wait
Passed Assistant Surgeon MICAJAH
Roland. detached NAVY Rrrruiting
Station. Dallas, Tex. to Iris, =.
receiving ship at Mare Island. Cal.
tached Punalo. home, wait orders.
Assistant surgeon G. A. RIKFR. to
Naval Hospital. Boston, Mass.
Assistant Surgeon J. A. B. RlKER. to
Assistant Surgeon j. A. B. SINCLAIR,
Passed 50 % Assistant Paymaster R, q
WESTI.AKE, detached paynaster OF
the yard. navy yard. Portsmouth
\; S,vltI,r,to H. to pay pXyoSi Sf'ser Eari craft
Portsmouth. N. H.
WIN. detached navy yard, Ports,
| mount. n. H., wait orders.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
MORE PRECEDENTs SHATTERED.

James Bryce in his American Commonwealth"
pokes fun at the etiquette" of national conventions
which forbids any contestant for the nomination to
be the scene, yet regards it as quite the proper
thing for him to have his ear glued to telephone
receiver hundreds of miles away directing the fight
quite as surely as though he we're on the sround
1t must be confessed that there is considerable
point to Bryces exposure of this cant which has pre-
vailed at every national convention until the one now
In session at Chicago. But this is altogether year
for shattering precedents.
One of the two leading aspirants did 60 to the
convention, and like real general is leading his
forces in person. asking Of them to 60 farther
or do more than he himself does. The presence Of a
candidate for party leadership the firing line is
the first radical departure from the etiquette" of
conventions
The other of the two leading candidates did not
coop himself up in telephone booth and direct his
fight at long range. Instead he went to ball game
and let others bear the heat and burden Of the fight
that centered and swired about his Administration
and the outcome of which concerned him more than
any other man.
The actions of both men were just what could
have been expected Of them. One is leader, a
fehter, man who does things, general who in
spires his followers by mngling with them, working
with them, sweltering with them. 1t has been so
since the days when as police commissioner of New
York city he astonished the city by working at the
job making the rounds with the patrolmen, getting
acquainted with them, their needs and the conditions
OF the city. Roosevelt has always gone to the front
The other is quite content to let some one else do
the work. He hath no stomach for fight. In fact,
he has dislike for any affairs that annoy. He is
content to drift He is willing to be led rather than
desirous Of leading He let others write the tariff
BILL He let others write the memorandum in the Bal
lnger case, while he played golf He has consistently
let others conduct his Administration, while he served
merely rubber stamp to 20. X" whatever they did
or said. AS he himself has said he has been a man
Of straw.
And so it was quite natural that when men were
battling for him and the integrity of his Administra-
ton, when the greatest political conflict of the party
which elected him was being fought, he should pos
sess his soul with patience and let his mind and body
reve in the splendid exhibition put on between the
Nationals and Athletics.
Surely Mr. Bryce would write an interesting ad,
dendum to his comment upon the etiquette" Of Uur
national conventions after the incidents of yesterday