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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
The Code Feminine.

AS soon as Mrs. Granger was fair
ly past, Mr.. Compton heard an irri-
tated There! l knew it," from his
wife, and turned to see what was the
matter.
"She's Just as provoked as she can
be to think that Mrs. Lombard and ]
didn't ask her to go out with us to
see the Williams baby!" said Mrs,
Compton. "She thinks that it was on
account of her having said that she
didn't find three weeks old babies
very interesting, when of course she'd
make an exception of Lena Williams
baby. But that wasn't the reason we
didn't ask her; 1t was because We de-
cided all in a hurry, and there was
Just time to catch the train. She's
made up her mind she won't propose
our names for the book club"
"IIow do you know she thinks all
these things?" inquired Mr.. Compton.
MY dear, didn't you see the way
she bowed?" asked his wife in a pity
ing tone.
"Why, yes." said Mr.. Compton. "a
thought she gave rather more pro
nouncedi bow than most women do
and smiled quite brilliantly"
you dear thing and Mrs Comp
ton patted his coat-sleeve. of course
she did! That's how / knew exactly
what she was thinking. "-Youth'f
Companion.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Lives the Longest.

What machine lives the longest? II
would seem to be the railway engine.
The state department of France.
which is concerned with the manage
ment Tor mismanagemenD OF rail
ways, has found on the western rail
way fourteen locomotives which are as
old as the line Itself, They were built
in 1864, when that portion of the rail-
way between Rouen and Paris was In
process OF construction. Further, they
are ascribed to the atalier of an Eng
lish engineer named Budiccon, The
name does not appear English or
Scotch. Still the work Of the bearer
remains for those locomotives of the
vintage of 1864 drag trains about the
environs of Mans and Rouen today
London Chronicle
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
MEMS BRAINS ARE AT FAULT
Railroad Official Declares Human Fea-
ture Enters Into All Modern
Train Wrecks.

no matter how perfect the me-
chanical department of a railroad and
how strict the rules and regulations
given the men, 1t Is impossible to get
away from the fact that we have al
ways to depend on the brain OF one
man 1t is the engineer in the cab
This was the statement of George A.
Cullen, general traffic manager of the
Lackawanna, after hours of effort In
trying to place the blame for the dis
aster near Corning, In which forty-two
persons were killed. Railroad men
have studied this problem for years"
he went on, "and always we come to
the same question; Is there any other
means than human agency that Will
protect perfectly the lives Of those In
trusted to our care? No, there must
be the human mind--the man. In ev-
cry accident 1t is some human mechan-
ism that is at fault, some brain forgot
or neglected to work at the proper
time The steel and wire mechanism
is never at fault That was the case
IN this terrible catastrophe. Our sig
mails worked perfectly; all the men
on the road performed their prescribed
duty except one, and he says, In ex
| PLANTATION, that he did not see the
signals. He blamed the fog, He was
| the engineer of the express which tele
scoped the Buffalo limited"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
STOP CRUELTY TO TRUNKS
Supplying Cushion Upon Which
Baggage May Drop Palnlessly.

BY devising a cushion upon which
trunks may be dropped painlessly. the
Cumberland railway in Pennsylvania
almost persuades us that the millen-
mum is at hand.
Thousands OF summer tourists who
effectionately kiss their trunks good
by after strapping and roping them in
eighteen directions will offer up a
prayer that the Cumberland railways
plan may be universally adopted be-
fore another year rolls around.
The new cushion for the prevention
Of cruelty to baggage is made Of
pieces of airbrake hose mounted on
ash strips. This mat can be dragged
wherever car is to be unloaded and
affords soft lighting place for the
precious trunk stuffed with milady's
finery.
If some kind genius will only devise
pneumatic-cushioned truck upon
which baggage can be loaded and will
provide pads 10 be placed between the
trunks when they ere piled high as
the tower of Babel IN transfer stations
great strain will be taken off the
nerves of travellers
Baggage smashing is the most cruel
OF trades The butcher isn't half as
brutal in his methods as the baggage
man. Here's success to the Cumber
land railway official who is trying tc
save passengers from the awful
sounds which the baggage hustlers
produce every time carload o.
trunks is turned over to them.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07

tnat is going to work transformation
in the silhouette, though the chanst
will pre- Sably be SO gradual that no
body will realize that skirt lines have
completely changed until the meta,
morphosis has been wrought. Every.
thing is plaited-in one way or an.
other-and we are seeing again the
old, old-fashioned knife plaits. tackled
together on the under side with
lengths of tape SO that they may not
spread apart. There are, among the
new Paris models for autumn, skirts
plated all around at the top. in mar.
row anticipating, yet SO trinity held
in place by rows Of these combining
tapes that the measurement at knee
and foot does not exceed the pre-
scribed two yards or so, and the sill
houette is as slim and narrow as
fashion still demands. Machine-plait-
ed skirts are at the pinnacle of the
mode. This machine plaiting-or &C.
Gordon plating, as It is sometimes
called--is put into even velvet and
broadcloth fabrics. though, of course,
the best effects are produced with
satin. heavy silk or the soft lustrous
permo fabrics above referred to.
When the whole skirt or part of it in
panels or drapery, is not plated, there
Is apt to be some trimming in the
form of plated quillings-or narrow
bands Of anticipating stitched about
half an inch inside either edge. A
very smart coat designed by Nine.
Paquin for her own use is of navy
blue faille silk with yards and yards
of this quilted plating, or plated
plaiting-which ever one chooses
in trimming bands. Pipings made Of
tiny plaitings stand up from every
| seam.
Vatican plaits and paniers are be
ing used with discretion by many Of
! the courtiers, TO give a touch Of grace
and picturesqueness to fall models
! The Watteau plat is noted even oil
tailored coats, and it appears con
! stantly on handsome wraps for eve
ming wear The panier is a muct
chastened and subdued modification o
the impertinent puffed-out atfai
which heralded the arrival OF thi
fashion last spring. and many OF thu
Topped and draped paniers on fal
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
SHE HAD MADE A MISTAKE
However, In No Way Abashed
the Old Lady.

Wherever buying and selling go on.
there are those who do not scruple to
take little extra profit II it can be-
done secretly. The deed is not always
carried off so boldly as in this anus
ing adventure related in Mrs. Philli-
more's book of travel, "In the Carpa-
thians."
The yellow horse-the Phillimores'
Journey was made in a peasants cart
drawn by horse whose Skin was the
color Of honey when the sun shines
on It," and driven by a romantic and
elegant Pole, whose name was Milak
the yellow horse was preparing to
shake the dust of Joslska from his
heels when an elderly Jewess detach-
ed herself from an excited crowd in
the market.place and hurried toward
the cart.
"My weight" she demanded in a
loud voice.
what weight?" inquired Mr.. Philli-
more.
"In the sugar." replied the old lady
What sugar." Queried Mr.. Philli-
more.
Milak came to the rescue. II bought
loaf sugar." he explained.
"The weight Is in the sugar.
made mistake" volunteered the ag-
gressve lady with much wrath and no
embarrassment. Am ! to wait all
day." she continued, impatient at the
stupidity of these foreigners.
| Guilelessly, Milak produced the bag
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
ABOUT THE TIPPING GAME
Drummer's Record Showing How He
Was Always the Loser In the
Proceedings.

arrived at Mansion house Gas
o'clock. House fun. Drew back
room over kitchen. Only one chair
and one window. Bum bed. Bellhop
moved chair twice, opened, then
closed window as hint for tip. Next
asked II l wanted anything else. Felt
like kicking him out of the window,
but gave him dime. He didn't even
say thank YOU" runs comment in tbs
Commercial Travellers Magazine.
washed and went down to office.
Mother bellhop Jumped for me with
whisk broom. Chased me clear across
office. Gave up nickel. Hiked for
hotel cafe. Supper slip, 95 cents. Got
two halves and nickel back from SO
bill. Left half and cussed myself for
It. Hat rack boy outside brushed hat.
Got nickel.
Got shaved next. Barber glared
at me; tipped him dime. Brush boy
grabbed my hat. Brushed 1t some
more. Nickel again. Wrote orders
and WHEY. Got chased with whisk
broom hornet again. Stung for
mother nick. Played pool two hours
Pool keeper kept glaring till l tipped
him. Mother sting. Back to the Of
Hce. Fresh whisk broom hornet got
after me. Give up mother nick.
went to bed. Got woke up 5; 90
o. m. by rattle Of garbage cans Rang
for hot water, boy who brought it
asked twice IL that was all l wanted.
Got mad and told him no. wanted
to see him get kicked down seven
flights of stairs, then up again, to cure
his tipworker. Breakfast bill Just rs
cents. Got quarter back only from
dollar, Left it for tip. Paid bill $3.50.
when hack for depot came three
bellhops grabbed my things, One got
grip, one sample case and third my
coat. Mother chased me out with
whisk broom. Was so mad by now
didn't tip any of 'em. Heard 'em NUT
ter 'tightwad' and darn skin when
shut back the door myself. Footed
up amount of tips for that one inning
on way to depot. Just $1,60! Darn
this tip game, anyhow!"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
oueue,es. Chinese Demand Hats.

The wholesale cutting Of queues,
which was a consequence of the rev.
olution in China. cooled the heads,
at least In literal sense, OF the Chi
nese to such degree that there arose
an enormous and unprecedented de-
mand for head covering. The ma.
tive hat industry, being but little de-
veloped was unable to keep up with
the demand made by the shears, and
Japan, where the industry is flour
ishing, was flooded with orders. The
Japanese factories have been work
ing night and day for months to fill
the unexpected need OF the new re-
publicans.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
NAMES OF VARIOUS CLOTHS
Chiefly Derived From Their Place Of
Manufacture, Though Not In
All Cases.

Muslin is named from Mosul, city
on the banks of the Tigris; Cambria
from Cambria, town of France.
Gauze is probably derived from GAIA
In Syria, although some authorities
hold to the Hindu "gazi," meaning thin
cloth.
Baize, which is commonly thought
Of as being of green hue, was named
from its original color, reddish
brown. The word is really the plural
Of "bay," and the color is that Of the
horse which is known as bay" A
form of the word Is common in many
tongues.
Damask, quite obviously, is derived
, from Damascus.
Silk and serge are both derived
from the Latin Sores, meaning tht
| Chinese. These fabrics were first i'm
ported from that portion of Asia which
is now southern China.
Velvet is from the Italian velluto
meaning woolly, this from the Latir
vellus, fleece. Vellum Is a derivative
of the same root--a pelt or hide.
Bandanna is from the Indian word
meaning 10 bind or tie" and has ref
ernce to the manner Of tying knots In
the fabric to prevent the dye from
reaching every part thereof. In this
way spots are left white and rude
pattern remains in the cloth.
Alpaca comes from the animal of
! the same name in Feru. 1t Is of the
llama species and its wool is used to
manufacture the fabric employed IN
the making Of summer garments.
Calico got its name from Calicut, G
town in India, once celebrated for It's
cotton cloth.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Iumpa Rails, Then Returns,

A remarkable railway accident o.
Cured recently on the Nickel Plate
system. near McComb, o. During the
night a car in the westbound freight
train jumped the track, was pulled
along for quarter Of n mile, and
then, on reaching a road crossing,
took to the rails again Ia some unac-
countable manner. All this occurred
without the knowledge of the train
men, and was not discovered until
next day. All the bolts in the splice
bars connecting the rails were cut by
the wheels of the car for the entire
distance, and one rail was broken.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Index to Intoxication.

The late George b. Cluett believed
profoundly in temperance.
MIR. Cluett, at temperance dinner
once said:
in moonshine districts, where the
whisky looks like water and Is drunk
like water, strange ideas prevail a.
% what intoxication really is.
"In a moonshine village. one Satur-
day afternoon, man lay in the bro!l-
ing sun in the middle of the road with
an empty bottle by his side.
"'Hes drunk; lock him up the
sheriff said.
But woman interposed hastily.
"'No he hain't drunk she said. !
lest seen his fingers move "-Phila
dejphia Bulletin.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Rock.a-Bve-Baby.

Diggs-My wife is wonderful vo-
calist. Why. | have known her to
hold her audience for hours
BiggS-Get out!
Diggs-After which she would lay
It in the cradle and rock it to Sleep
Atlantic Advocate.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Game for an Elizabethan Banquet.

Peacock pie, which figured at the
Elizabethan banquet held to celebrate
Midsummer day, is not delicacy
likely to tempt all epicures. Still,
most of us would rather eat peacock
than some OF the other birds con.
sumed by our forefathers. In the
thirteenth century the heron, the
crane, the crow, the stork. the cor.
morant and the bittern were consid'
cred excellent for the table. Yet the
hare and the partridge were de.
spised rs food, and neither was ever
served in the houses q the wealth.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Useful Ptncers.

Pincers patented by California
man include hammer and punch on
either side of the jaws, dividers at the
ends Of the handles and a gauge to
set the dividers so that they may be
used as calipers.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07

II the record even
O, pioneer con-
struction. 7 h e
road goes into the
heart OF a region
where living
glaciers discharge
millions of tons
of ice a day and
where, according
to a writer in the
Overland Month
Nv. the builders
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07

frocks are exQuisitely graceful Skirts
remain narrow at the foot, all the
width being introduced in plaitings
and long. clinging draperies which do
not interfere with the slim silhouette.
There seems a tendency to make
skirts a bit longer, though footwear
is as coquettish and fetching as ever.
The new boots for fall have patent
leather or dull kid vamps and but
toned tops of dull kid, OK or CLOTH
The very aristocratic boot is as long
and slender in line as 1t can be and
fits its wearer daintily. Anything like
stubby effect is considered cheap
and common, and the slender. aristo-
cratic foot has the day
Shoe buckles are tremendously
fashionable-still another echo OF our
| directoire dandy--and while the trim,
buttoned boot will continue to be the
correct thing for the street and for
afternoon wear with handsome tot,
lettes, buckled slippers and pumps
with embroidered silk stockings
promise to be in great favor for eve
ming and house wear.
Shantuno Costume.
Shantung in soft shade Is used
for the costume shown, The skir'
is trimmed with bind OF natural
color, this is hemmed at lower edge
and sewn to the skirt by the up
per.
The smart short-waisted coat hal
a plain basque set to bodice by
wrapped seam; the collar and turn
up cuffs are faced with natural colo
to within about an inch of the edge.
! Hat covered with natural colo
shantung and trimmed with darl
green shaded feather.
Materials required FIVE and one-hai
yards "a inches wide, one yard natu
raj color same width. six buttons.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Sky View.

Wifey-There go the Browns In
their new monoplane!
Hubby-Are you sure It's the
Browns?
Wifey-Of course am. I'd know
the top of her hat anywhere.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Shantuno Costume.

The average woman can do more
with a hairpin in the way Of manufac
turing history than man can with
canal boat and a pair Of mules
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
NEEDS GREAT COURAGE
PERlLs FACED BY RAILROAD
BUILDERS IN ALASKA.
eeornA, Glaciers and Mud Are Some
81 the Difficulties Which Are
Overcome In the Far
North.

The building of the Copper River
railway in Alaska Is something new
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-07
Machine PLAT Everything.

Buttons and sleeves have rather
sidetracked the Scribe from the sub
Iects of plaits-a most vitality signifl-
sant issue just now; for It IL the plat
Evening star., 1912-10-07
The Balkan Embodiment.

From the outset of the Balkan COM
bindtion against Turkey. which apparent
~ promised a serious breach of the peace
there has been no international expecta-
ton OF an actual war, for it has been
generally believed that at the proper mo-
ment the powers of Europe would inter-
vene to prevent hostilities There is at
this time clear outlook for peace, but
II is questionable whether the peace will
be agreeable to either Turkey or to the
Baikan-Greek allies. 1t is the perennial
poicy of the greater nations of Europe
To hold the Balkan situation from solu-
ton, a policy of procrastinatiOn which
makes for immediate peace, but renders
the ultimate sett ement more difficult
Some day Turkey must be driven out of
Europe. That is as nearly matter of
assurance anything can be in the field
of international politics. But Just by
what means this will be accomplished
and with what results remains for the
future TO disclose Little territory re-
mains in Europe over which Turkey has
absolute and unquestioned control but it
affects a large number of people who
are of the Christian faith and conse-
quently at odds with the Mohammeda n
regime under which they must i've Fur
thermore, Turkey. by its possession of
the land thanking the straits between the
Aegean and Black seas. controls the
naval operations and the commercial ac-
tivities of both Russia and Austria to a
certain extent. the former through it's
direct impact upon the waters of the
Black sea and the latter TO the discharge
of it's chief river. the Danube, in that sea-
Were Turkey Christian power there
would be little or no excuse for any in
ternational attempt to regulate it's af-
fairs or to eliminate It's national exist
ence. however it's strategic position might
be euvied by other countries. Being Mos
lem. however. il is remarkable that it has
endured so long.
Evening star., 1912-10-07
Mr.. Bryan and Trust Busting.

Ollie James suggestion of Mr.. Bryan
for Attorney General in the Wilson cabi-
net is anything but felicitous. Mr.. Bryan
is not a lawyer, but an orator and agi-
tator He had made poor fist
at the bar that when he retired from
Congress he did not return to his pro-
fession. but entered the fields of journal
ism and entertainment. And his choice
has been justified. He has succee led
marvelously in those fields. AS an en-
tertainer-a lecturer-he has been for
years the topliner in the business. and
as q journalist he has established a
widely quoted and highly profitable pub
Ecation.
No, the attorney generalshp should go
to a tirst-class lawyer. Not to case
lawyer Not to star in criminal prac-
tice. Not to an expert hair-splitter. But
to a man thoroughly grounded in his
profession. and of recognized force among
his professional brethren. Mr.. Bryan
would not fill the bill at all
If Mr.. Wilson wins, the attorney gem
eralship will give him pause. 1t troubled
Mr.. Cleveland considerably twenty years
ago, and in the end he failed with it.
He first appointed to the place Richard
Olney. high-grade lawyer. but a cor
poration lawyer, and on that account
distrusted by many democrats The New
York World denounced the appointment
as a trust triumph, and demanded its
cancellation. But MIR. Cleveland stood to
his guns, and retained Mr. Olney in the
place until Judge Gresham's death made
a vacancy in the State Department.
Upon the promotion of Mr.. Olney to
the secretaryship of state, Judge Har-
mon of Cincinnati, good man and
lawyer. but unknown outside of Ohio.
was called to preside over the De-
partment of Justice. But the trusts did
not tremble. nor did any of them curtail
their operations. Things logged along
until March T. 1897. and at the close of
the Cleveland administration the popu-
lar Judgment was that the period of
four years had not afforded the trusts
much cause for complaint.
1t will be seen, therefore, that Mr..
Wilson will need not only good law
yer, but one bent on business. The cry
against the trusts is greater now than
in lS2. The trusts are far more numer-
Gus now than then, and since then some
life has been put into the antitrust law.
1t has been demonstrated under sew
eral republican Attorneys General that in
the hands of an official capable and suf-
;iciently i'm earnest the Sherman law can
be made to produce results.
Mr.. Bryan as an agitator against the
trusts has done much notable work. but
lie lacks qualifications for the details of
trust busting. Several months ago The
Star nominated him for Secretary of
State. and still holds that ii he is willing
TO enter the Wilson cabinet-which he
and others think is certain to be formed
that is the proper place for him.
Evening star., 1912-10-07
Motor Slaughter.

Reckless motoring continues to take
heavy toll in human life. Practically
every day tragedy is enacted costing at
least one life. and often more. Last
night in Philadelphia nine men were
killed in one crash. attributable. without
question to the recklessness with which
a high-powered car was being speeded
through Fairmount Park. The machine
was thrown over parapet to railroad
tracks below the driveway. and the occu-
pants We're killed almost instantaneously.
In practically every instance these dis
asters result from careless running and
high speeding. For large number of
people there is seemingly no pleasure in
motoring unless the car is being rushed
at over twenty-five miles an hour Often
pleasure parties are raced at forty and
fifty miles on the roads near cities or
through parks. and virtually without eX-
ception the accidents that are continually
occurring to swell the shocking record of
sacrifices are due to the attainment of
these high speeds. which lead to collisions
with other cars and with poles and trees
and walls. and to arrangements to the
mechanism and the failure of tires. There
is abundant pleasure in motoring at mod
crate speed. Almost invariably motor
party has plenty of time and there is no
object in getting to a certain point in
hurry. So-called joy riders are o6sessed
by the speed mania without any reference
whatever to the question of comfort or
safety. They want to feel that they are
working their machines to the limit. They
are beset with the idea of passing every
thing else on the road. They want to
give some other motoring party the dust.
If they have a certain objective that can
be reached by a safe and comfortable
pace in half an hour. they want to get
there in fifteen minutes, not because they
have any particular use for the quarter
hour they will save, but because to their
minds that is the essence of motoring.
With hundreds of examples of danger
ous.y foolish driving before them they
still persist in this reckless work, which
would be tolerable as carrying it's own
punishment were il not for the fact that
these road burners constantly inn
per.ling the lives of others, both pedes-
trians and careful motorists.