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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Statistics recently made public show
that our production of leaf tobacco of
all sorts averages something more
than 1,000,0G0.000 pounds year, hav-
ing a value to the producers Of about
$1OO,O0O,000. An enormous quantity
Is exported, considerably more than
third of the production in normal
years, for the sales of American to-
bacco abroad are excelled by only
seven of the many products America
sends to other countries. These to-
bacco exports Of ours exceed in value
such items as cotton manufactures
electrical machinery. paper and pa
per products, leather and leather
manufacturers. Our manufactured
tobacco is holding its own in
spite of the war; thanks largely to in
creasing demands from the far East
and Oceania. In the actual war zone
the increased consumption by the men
In the field Is more than Offset by the
economies necessarily practiced by
noncombatants.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
FIFTY KILLED IN
TANK EXPLOSION
SPARK FROM HAMMER IGNITEs
FUMES FROM lEAKY TANK
AND CAUSES DISASTER.
At Least Two Hundred Citizens In.
jured as Result of Accident, Many
Buildings Being Shook Down
or Destroyed by Flames.

Ardmore, Okla-Between twenty
f1ve and fifty persons are dead and at
least 200 were injured, most Of them
dangerously. Monday afternoon when
a 250-barrel tank car of gasoline
standing near the Santa Fe freight
Office in the business district explod-
ed. The tremendous force of the ex-
plosion shook down many buildings
and threw burning gasoline in every
direction. A few minutes later the
whole town was at the mercy of a
score of fires
At $50 the fires were all under
control and the city was placed under
martial law.
A spark from a hammer ignited gas
fumes through a small leak in the
tank and caused the explosion, it was
stated. Two workmen were busy on
the tank at the time. Both were
killed.
Among the dead are: Charles R.
Smith, former member of the police
force, who was standing on Main
street near the explosion and was
killed by falling stones; NJ. E. Atkins,
a drayman who was standing almost
three blocks from the explosion; A.
e. Gould, fruit peddler who was
driving across the Santa Fe tracks
near the explosion, his horse being
killed and his wagon blown to pieces,
and an Indian sitting on his wagon
east of the Love hotel. His team and
wagon were crushed when the east
side of the building fell.
Immediately after the explosion
homes were thrown open to the in
juded and a score of men began
searching in the smouldering ruins in
the main part of the town for vic
tins.
The Santa Fe freight station was
wrecked and was burned to the
ground, The union passenger station
is almost total wreck. The express
office was partially wrecked.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

! No city In Europe has known SO
many changes of masters as Warsaw,
which the Russians row hold. Found
ed about the year $50, it was the cap
ital Of the independent kingdom of
Mazovia until the fifteenth century,
when it was annexed by Poland. In
the seventeenth century Its possession
was contended for by Sweden, Russia
Austria and Brandenburg, until, In
l764, Russia practically annexed it.
In 1875 the city was handed over to
Prussia. but Napoleon occupied it in
1906, and at the peace of Tilsit, War
saw was proclaimed an independent
duchy. In 1909 the Austrians seized
the city, but lost 1t again, and after an
other brief spell Of independence the
city passed finally to Russia in 1913.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
DECLARES TIDE HAS TURNED.
British Editor Believes Germans Havs
Made Strategical Failure.

London.-The editor of the Pail
Mall Gazette declares that the Ger
mans in Russia have made the great
est strategical failure for many
months. The Russians are fighting
with admirable military ability, as
well as magnificent fighting power
For week they have had the better
of the conflict along the whole front
OF the Dvina to the Dueister and now
they are Enthusiastically confronting the
enemy with formidable strategical
problem which will take the invaders
all their time to solve
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
HOW 1T WAS

well, tell your story" directed
Squire Peayel.
'Yassah, and t'anky, sab, for de pub.
mission replied Brother Clapper.
DE gentleman come to nuh house
and dillifed me scanlous and world
without end, mighty nigh He"
What do you mean by dillified'?''
"Why, sab. he called me all de
bogus names he could lay his tongue
to, and stayed right dar, and"
"Oh, you mean 'vilified,' or, posi-.
bly,, dillydallied'-"
"Yassah! Yassah! He done bofe
-bemeaned me like hOun' dog, and
done took his time bout it, tool
Puck.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
tNGROWING AGE.

Eve-y old or elderly man would do
wei te"t to heart this little pas
t1qse VI b news from Paris detail
ng the - 3 in the chamber of dep
titles oL tae lew French loan: Pre-
mier viviani exclaimed once upon
what he called NJ Ribots successful
efforts in behalf of workingmen's pen
sions. To this the minister of finance
replied: This Is not the hour to re-
call the stages of my career. have
lived, l have acted, and In aging
try not to construct my ideas Age Is
subject to constant temptation to
"constrict its IDEAS 1t loses not only
In enthusiasm. but in self-confidence
and often in the common faith of hui
mainly. The futility of human endeav-
or becomes one of its watchwords. It
looks back, not forward. 1t mini
mlzes the scope and value of man
possible accomplishment. 1t draws
In upon itself. 1t suffers from an in
growing mind and spirit. M. Ribot,
one Of the elder statesmen of France.
a veteran of many and varied cam
paigns, finds himself at length con
fronted in his latter years by the su-
preme emergency of his life. And, in
stead Of yielding to depression and dis
couragement he simply says: IN
aging | try not to construct my ideas"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Some disillusioning will follow the
report Of the department Of labor
which, says statistics prove that work
in the mills of the country is now
safer than on the farms. This change
in conditions is due to the rapid adop-
ton In the mills Of every practicable
device for protection of life. The farrn
laborer usually has to look out for
himself. in which he Is often not ex-
pert.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
HG
A TEST OF DISCRETION.

Are you competent chauffeur"
Yes, sir"
IF you saw a small digreputable
looking car purring along in front of
you and there was barely room for
you to pass, would you try to speed
by that car contemporary, or would
you wait until the street got wider?"
Il would spare my own feelings and
look out for the safety of my passen-
gers by turning off into another street,
SIR
That will do. You are engaged"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

THE sense of humor is demon.
strated by the fact that many a man
can operate pile driver who can't
even crack Joke" says the Philadel.
phia Record. Yes. and the nonsense
Of ill-humor is demonstrated by the
fact that many knocker goes around
toting his little hammer and can't
even crack q smile.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
He'd Slept.

Bacon saw an autograph quilt the
other day
Egbert--Yes, I've seen them.
This one had on it the autographs
of lot of preachers and lecturers"
I've slept under a lot of Them
What! Autograph quilts?"
No; preachers and lecturers"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Consumption claimed $4,000 victims
In the United States III 1918, but there
II hope for the future. The death rate
from this disease was reduced from
826 per 100000 population in 1880 to
1865 In 1918. /.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
One on Casey.

Clancy was chuckling.
Whats the joker" asked Mooney.
why, Casey just bet me $40 he
could shoot peanut off me head with
a shotgun"
What's funny about that?"
Il took him up because know he'll
miss it.'-Judge
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

He-Don't you think you're a trifie
hasty in rejecting me?
She-No. If I'd been hasty I'd have
accepted you last night. This letter
contains a proposal from Mr.. Millions.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
A WarninQ.

Bill-A Goldfish weighing 80 pounds
was caught off Kittery Point. Me. AS
it was being cut open the knife came
in contact with something hard in the
fish's stomach. 1t proved to be a
six-pound fiatiron
Jill-Another very good reason for
a man to keep his mouth shut when
his wife is hurting fatirons
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Receiver Retir.s.

Chicago. George A. Carpen-
accepted the resignation of H. U.
Nudge as co-receiver of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway, and APP
pointed him chief executive officer for
the rpcaiyar
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
handicapped.

How do you happen to be so
small?" asked the angular female who
was taking in the sights at the freak
museum.
My nurse stuffed me with con.
densed milk when | was a kid" ex-
planned the midget.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

A Harvard professor says menta,
proficiency reaches its highest eff.
cheney at the age of twenty-nine. that
being the time when the average
youth gives up the attempt to raise q
mustache.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

The even tenor Of ones way" i'm.
plies serene and uneventful course
of life. being regular at mealtime and
having a life insurance premium be.
come due every time ones bank bal.
ance approaches the magnitude OF
three figgers.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
carranzistas in Torreon.

Loredo, Texas.-Villa troops are
evacuating Torreon and Carranza
forces are entering that city, accord.
ing to telegram received at Carranza
headquarters in Nuevo Laredo. Do.
tails were withheld.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

! From California rises the wall that
eastern visitors to the exposition
throw SO many soda water bottles
from railroad car windows that per-
sons near the track are menaced.
Now California can sympathize with
baseball umpires.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

An Idaho plumber did a Job OF pipe
repairing while asleep. Judged by
their work. some plumbers in other
places have worked while under the
spell of nightmare.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Boy Shoots Father.

Bingham, Utah.-A man named
Gus" Hill, who runs a boarding
house in Doty gulch, was shot by
his son Julius Hill, IS years old, and
seriously wounded After the shooting
the boy telephoned for a doctor.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Somebody has invented a piano that
weighs only 1870 pounds. She ought
to be able to wrestle with one like
that without waiting for father to
come home
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

With the figures given out of the
captured and killed Of the war, It is
only a matter of mathematical time
when the warning nations will be.
come automatically extinct
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
UTAH STATE FAIR OPENS.
President Smith Pronounccs Tnvoca
ton at Formal Opening.

Salt Lake City.-For the first time
n thirty-seven years, the period which
covers the activities of the Utah
State Fair association, President Jo-
seph F. Smith OF the Mormon church
On September q pronounced the in
vocation at the formal opening of the
Spry made the principal address and
he fair was declared officially opened.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

A California man. one hundred
years old, says he never swore in his
life. Then he never slipped as he
was emptying the pan beneath the
ice box
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Killed in Auto Accident.

Byfield, Mass-Benjamin S. Cable
of Indianapolis, assistant secretary of
commerce and labor under Presiden.
Taft, was killed in an automobile &C,
cident, two machines colliding en- the
turnpike near here.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Not Much.

you owe me very large bill now"
said the physician, reaching for his
hat.
Il know it, Doctor" said the pa
tient
This is the last time I'll attend
you"
"Oh, Doctor, you don't mean to say
I'm going to die!"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Circus man says whea the big cats
In the menagerie howl it's sign their
toe nails hurt Hereafter, when the
neighborhood tomcats start nocturnal
wailings on the back fence, don't shy
old shoes, brickbats and bottles. SIM
ply toss down the manicure scissors.
They will cut OFF the noise.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Notwithstanding the war news some
or the old standbys are reappearing.
Another sure cure for cancer has been
announced.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
True to Type.

True to Type.
rs that your new hired man, Ezry?'
Yep. He's a wonder, too. Never
says word and never seems ter
think"
"How's he about meal timer"
Pretty spry,"
We'll, there's one thing certain
Ezry. He amt subnormal."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
His Queer Performance

columbus came from Europe orig.
inally, didn't he?"
'Of course he did"
And yet he was the pioneer in the
fashion OF seeing America first"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

st. Louis astronomers report seeing
new sun spots. Maybe European pow
ers really at last are finding their
coveted places in the sun.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

The war is demonstrating that be-
cause man happens to be born
prince or peer, it does not neces.
sarily follow that he is a born gen.
eral.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

The woman who is continually lee
turing her husband either considers
MIN fool or else she has forgotten
that word to the wise is sufficient.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Receiver fer Railroad.

st. Louisa receiver was appoint
ed Monday for the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railroad Charles Schaff,
president of the road, was made re,
ceiver.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

The command to increase and multi
ply Is back number. Now the in
crease is brought about by the divorce
Judge, who makes two of one.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

An inventor Of waterproof paint ad
vertises that the world was benefited
by his discovery. Now why not try
his hand at waterproof milk and
stocks?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Mexican Cattle RustIers csptured

Noga'es. Ariz.-Menbers of the
Tenth United States cavalry late Mon
day arrested. after a short fight. two
Mexicans claiming to be Villa troop.
els and who were apprehended while
killing cattle on the American side.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Persuasion.

Persuasion.
Il hear you're peace advocate
said Mr.. Dolan.
Il am that" replied Mr.. Rafferty,.
Yet you've had two fights in the
week"
Il have. want peace, and | want
the fellow to want it as much as |
do"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
A Different Slant

Rankin--Beambrou has a terrible
cold in his head from raising his hat
to the ladies.
Phyle-That's an altogether new
form Of the tipping evil.--Judge.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
She Knew.

Patience-Do you believe that men
have many of the characteristics of
the brute creation?
Patrlce-Surely. I've seen 'em
growi, kick and hug like a bear.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

The man who buys secondhand au
tomobile tires and starts out on a
thousand-mile trip qualities for the
Optimists' club.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Cause fer Generalization

Employer-Mr. Quill, when you
came in this morning l detected the
odor of liquor about you.
Clerk-That's fine, sir! Shows how
very much better your cold is, sir.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Somebody asks: when is woln-
an old?" We're willing to leave 1t to
some dear. sunshiny soul who Is past
seventy-five.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Sounds That Nav

Patience-l don't believe there is
anything In name. after all.
Patrice-Why?
Because Prudence IL going to be
married"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Manned soldiers learn new ways
OF support. - Headline. Wooden
legs?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
The Newer Education,

Let's have more attractive rule!
Well lend such interest to the school
And such sincere devotion win
That boys will beg to be kept in.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Dust.

Ihey say mere man is made Of dust.
And every time that l am bust.
l always think 1t mighty funny
That dust's a synonym for money.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
An Improvement.

Cnurch-Do you find any improve
heht In our home since you were
last here?
Gotham-Yes; got rid Of your phono-
graph, haven't you?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Doctor Sargent of Harvard says
women make just as good soldiers as
men. They certainly do like to charge
things.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

A seventy-seven-year-old pickpocket
was arrested in a Pennsylvania town
Evidently an old hand at the game.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Philadelphia no longer can sleep at
the street crossings. She has 1900
jitneys.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
.rieans aud 4ai.ieas Clash.

Am .riccns sad iiaie,els Clash.
Washingtcn-Detai.s of fighting be-
tween natives and American forces
near Care Haitien ON Sunday in
which one marine was killed, ten were
wtunded and mere than fifty Haitiens
were killed, have been received
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

The new dance accepted by the
dancing masters opens the door of
hope to the fat man.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Booze is such good thing that the
saloonists want their bartenders to
keep sober
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Notwithstanding the prophets. life
is full of surprises
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Every bridal carriage is a reminder
that the ancient fallacy that two can
live as cheaply as one stall gets 'em.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

The wearing Of furs in the summer
may be followed with discarding shoes
and stockings in winter.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

There are people who worry so
much that If the worst should happen
they would feel relieved.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Statistics concerning the per cap
ita wealth of nation merely serve to
irritate the man who owes money.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
HorrifYinq Discovery.

At the end of his months vacation,
Said Plumpley, I'm feeling fine;
Pulse 70--no variation;
Waist measure-gosh,-59
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

A spinster sees nothing interesting
In the wedding license column.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

After woman has succeeded in
making fool of man she likes him
for letting her do 1t.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Many a man takes dig at an
enemy on the excuse that he is call
ing spade a spade.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Out in the woods the resort owners
and the chiggers are busy.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

1t will be observed that all the rear
guards at home are still fighting nobly
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
A Disturbing Thought.

Always feel sorry Tor the COM
monplace husband of a brilliant wom-
an"
Because she outshines him so?"
Not particularly on that account,
but deep down in his benighted soul he
must sometimes wonder what on earth
she married him for"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

- - - >. - - =. -
All legal notices will be charged for
at the rate Of Sc per square, first
insertion, and no proof Of pubiica.
tIon will be made until the same
10 paid for. There will be no ok.
8 ceptIon to this rule.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Paradoxicai Attitude

There is one thing queer about a
mans running for Office"
whats that?"
His running depends on how he
stands"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02

Even every short chap has his long
suit
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
Quite So.

I would not care to live Away
And never go across:
The life insurance that I'd pay
Would be a total loss.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-10-02
The RIGHT Term

II wrote up those athletic achieve
ments from some magazine foot
notes"
Il should think 1t would be correct
in the case to call them feat notes."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-30
Medical Frat Meets.

Memphis, Dec. 30.-The biennial
convention of the Chi Zeta Chi, medi-
cal fraternity, opened here today for
a three-day session