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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

The Oldest house In New York State
is situated at the lower end Of staten
's'eaa IN Tottenville. 1t is known as
the "Billopp house." and was built in
loos' The Duke Of York presented
captain Christopher Blllopp with a
tract OF land on Staten Island, where
on he built this stone mansion. which
still oyerlooks the waters of Rarltan
That 1t was well built its survival dur.
ing 25S years attests. In 1t have been
many notable gatherings, and here was
held the peace conference. During the
revolution Billopp's descendants were
loyalists, and the famous generals Of
the British were entertained at the old
house.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

The meekest kind Of r,,
joined Sunday school class in Wy oOy
rniiadelphia church. lie did not r 80
the other scholars and appeared @+ roN
yous' half-scared ana ready 10 crr rs =.
any second. The teacher bowo,.a AZ
treated him kindly and the lessons - ,,' =,
ceeded without any outburst Astd pr >
snort reading from the Bible the teoch'
er began to question the pupils on tho,.
last lessons and asked: '"e''
Canaan" '"ei ihlo
AS no one answered she looked from
boy to boy. At last her gaze rested IN an
the new boy. He started guIltIIv ao ~
said, between sobs: anu
1T wasn't me, honest, teacher. ,
Just moved here last week from ob,o y
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
BREAK HARTMAN MONOPOLY.
Secretary Bonsp arte May Reclaim Big
Union Pacific Land Grant.

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 22.-As one
OF the results of the recent investiga-
lions by the interstate Commerce COM
mission into Western land frauds, At
torney General Bonaparte has under
consideration an attempt to force the
Union Pacific railroad to return to the
government all the millions Of acres
which remain unsold OF the original
land grant. OF the great grant Of more
than 20,000,000 acres, the road yet
holds an area equal to the states OF
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Della
ware, and still have nearly 500, 00O
acres left over. This immense body Of
land in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
Wyoming and Utah, il returned to the
government, would Immediately be
thrown open to settlement under the
homestead laws.
Immediately after the Interstate
Commerce commissions investigation
OF the conditions which have made pos
sible the monopoly in coal land which
the Union Pacific has maintained fol
% years, Commissioner Prouty called
upon the attorneys for the commission
to submit recommendations for RENE
dial legislation OF to suggest othe
means Of dealing with the monopoly
Those recommendation are now in tn
hands of the attorney general,
Destroy the land monopoly of tn
Union Pacific" is the basis OF this re
port.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

After he stepped out of his machine
at Ormond, Friday, two miles beyond
the finish, Marriott said:
"The pressure of the air fairly tore
my face. My eyes felt as though they
were melting, even under my wind
glasses.
81 gripped the steering wheel like
the last thread of life, crouched SC
that nothing but my goggles were
above the top Of the hooded car and
chung there till I thought 1t was over
I didn't see the finish or hear the crack
of the pistol. My ears were stricken
numb for the time being, and all sens
es but one-to hold the steering whee
steady-left me.
Toward the end it seemed as though
the top of my head would be taker
away."-New York World.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

Miss Harriet Curtis, the golf cham
pion, at a dinner in Boston praised
COLTS effect on the health.
'Many persons she said, especial
ly women, have i'll health because they
never take any exercise, and their
nerves weaken, and half their COM
plants are nervous, imaginary ones,
that hard work would cure. + know
a doctor who has patient of this type
Ia big, robust woman, who Is never
without a list of ailments as long As
her arm.
The last time she sent for the doc
tor. he lost patience with her. AS she
was telling him how she was suffering
from rheumatism, sore throat, nervous
Indigestion, heartburn, pains In the
back of the head and what not. he in.
terrupted her.
"'Ah,' he said. in an admirlng tone
what splendid health you must have
in order to be able to stand all these
COMPLAINTS The Washington Star.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Couldn't Afford 1t.

About a year ago Sewell Ford be-
came a resident Of Rye, N. Y. He
had lived there only a short time be-
fore he discovered that one of his
neighbors was Simeon Ford. The
revelation was made over the tele-
phone.
"Hellol" said voice, "is this Sewell
Ford?"
The author OF Shorty" admitted
that 1t was.
"Well," went on the voice, "this is
Simeon Ford. Someone's sent me your
meat bill"
"Goodl Why don't you pay it?"
81 will If you'll pay NINE" said
Simeon.
At last accounts the bargain had
not been concluded. Simeon runs q
hotel.-Exchange
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
A snake that swanowed Eggs.


The hydraci yeti is native Of South
Africa, and, taken all around, he is
curiosity In the reptile line. Unlike
the regulation snake, he has no teeth in
his mouth, but has full set Of grind
ers in his stomach. These dental won
ders grow from the center of each YER
zebra. They pass through the walls Of
the stomach, and are each crowned
with enamel. Hydaci is the champion
egg sucker, anG the teeth in the stom-
ach appear to be natures provision for
breaking the shell of the egg without
running the risk Of losing the precious
contents. When the egg lands In the
stomach and the serpent's instinct tells
1t that everything is all right the alb
domlnal walls contract, and the egg is
crushed against the long row Of YER
tehral teeth.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
MANY Governors to Attend

New York, April 22.-Fifteen gov
ernors have accepted the invitation to
name delegates to attend the national
conference on combinations and trusts
in Chicago, May 1881. The accept
ances of the governors Of New York,
Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin
and Utah we're received today. This
conference will discuss: Governmental
powers over corporations engaged in
interstate commerce.; the division Of
power under the constitution between
the nation and the state, and similar
subjects.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
DEvOURED BY PEST.
Disease Is in Nearly Every Chinese
Famine House,

Victoria, B. c., April 2S.-Mail ad-
vices from Shanghai tell Of many pa
thetic incidents observed by committees
engaged in famine relief work in Cen
trail China. Refugees and dogs were
seen fighting for the -four spilled al
distributing depots. Smallpox is raw
aging the stricken areas. In nearly
every house there is smallpox or fever
and nothing TO eat but the bark of trees
and potato vines.
James Ware, of the Red Cross, writ
ing from Using Kiang Pu, says he saw
bodies of children laid out by the road
side to be devoured by the semi-wilC
dogs of the plains, and dead men scat
tered along the roadway.
Many fanatics are tearing down then
houses and selling the timbers to pur
chase food.
Hundreds are employed repairing
roads and filling swamps, being paiC
from 5 to 10 cents day.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
The Evolution Of
Household Remedies

The modern p,tent medicine bust
,oss IA the natural outgrowth OF tie
nId. time household remedies.
In the early history of this country,
Every FAMILY HAD ITS HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas, bit
ssrs laxatives and tonics, were to be
found in almost every house, COM
nounded by the housewife, sometimes
assisted by the apothecary or the fam
;Iy doctor. Such remedies as picra,
vhch was aloes and quassia, dissolved
in apple brandy. Sometimes a hop
tonic made OF whiskey, hops and bit
tor barks. A score or more Of popular,
homemade remedies were thus com
ncunded. the formulate for which were
passed along from house to house,
sometimes written, sometimes verbally
communicated.
The patent medicine business is a
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old time custom. In the begin
ming, some enterprising doctor, inn
messed by the usefulness OF one Of
these home made remedies, would take
4 ur. improve it in many ways, manu-
facture it on large scale, advertise it
mainly through almanacs for the home,
and thus it would become used over a
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK A
MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one Of these
old time remedies. 1t was used by the
Mennonites, Of Pennsylvania, before il
was offered to the public for sale. Dr.
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men.
MONTE origin. First, he prescribed il
for his neighbors and his patients. Tn,
sale of it increased, and at last he es
tablished mandatory and furnished
it to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful in great many eli
matte ailments, such as coughs, colds
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarIha
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED TIL
USE OF PERNUA and its value il
the treatment OF these ailments. The
have learned to trust and believe in Dr.
Hartman's judgment, and to rely o.
his remedy, Peruna.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
BAD CONDITIONS ON IsTHMUs,
Italy Forbids Emigration and Sends
Man to Investigate.

Rome, April 22.-Leroy Park, agent
for the Panama Canal commission, who
was sent here TO investigate means Of
obtaining men for work upon the 18TH
mus, learns that the Italian government
has received grave reports regarding the
hygienic, humanitarian and moral con
ditions of the isthmus; that the govern
ment had forbidden further immigra-
tion of Italians to Panama, and that a
government official had been cent to the
isthmus to investigate conditions. Mr.
Park did everything possible to place
the situation before the government and
to convince the officials here that the
men at work upon the canal earned 81
day, were we'll fed, we'll housed an6
humanely treated, adding that he be
lieved that 5000 immigrants NIGH
leave Italy for Panama Immediately
and that thousands of others would
soon follow.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
CRISIS NEAR ON
HAGUE MEETING
Lines Being Sharply Drawn on Dis.
armament Question.
germany and Austria Refuse to Dis
cuss Limiting of Armaments a
Risk OF Enmity of America and
Sreai sritain-taly Is Yet Unde-
clded.

Washington, April pa most i'm
portant revelation in connection with
Baron Won Sternberg, German ambassa-
dor, and his visit to Germany at this
time has been made by diplomat ir
this city. The diplomat in question is
quoted as saying that, although the
purpose OF the German ambassadors
vacation-a very brief one, by the way
is ostensibly to take rest in his own
country, in reality it is concerned with
the present instability of German in
ternaticnal politics. 1t was even said
that Baron Won Sternberg was the bearer
OF an important message to Emperor
William from President Roosevelt and
that this action was being hidden under
the pretext Of vacation to his estates
In connection with the German am
Dassador s departure, it is limited that
two other ambassadors may find it ne
cessary to postpone or rearrange their
plans for the late spring and summer
These are Baron des Planches and NJ
Jusserand. 1t turns out that the cause
oil this diplomatic turmoil is the disar.
mament question at The Hague, as
proposed by England, and what may
happen in case Germany and Austria
insist on not discussing the proposal.
This question concerns the United
States, because il is believed-and
the presidents remarks lately seem t.
confirm this view of it-that. if thu
powers persist in maintaining theii
decisive stand, it will cause realign
ment of the nations and serious rup
ture will occur between this countr,
and Germany. 1t is with these posi-
bilities in view that the Italian anC
French ambassadors will endeavor I,
place before their respective govern
ments special reports containing sug
gestions.
Hitches are likely to occur in tn
near future between England and Ger
many, and France and Germany.
Italy persists in taking sides with Aus
tria and Germany at The Hague con
ference, it is stated, it will cause
halt in the symps thies between hersel
and England and France, and also thi
country.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Hitch in Negotiations.

Washington, April % = Philip
Brown, American secretary of the lega-
ton at Guatemala, who is at Amapala
to assist in the peace negotiations, to-
day reported to the State department
by cable that difficulty has arisen over
the objection of the Salvadoreans to
the Nicaraguan proposition to with
draw the Salvadorean troops from the
boundary. Salvador fears that refugees
from Salvador who are really revolt
tionists would soon cross the border
from Honduras and invade Salvador il
the troops we're withdrawn.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
British Delegates to The Hague,

London, April 49, The British dele
gates to the peace conference at The
Hague are as follows: Sir Edward
Grey, ex-lord justice of appeal and a
member of the permanent court OF ar
bitration at The Hague; Sir Ernest
satow, ex-British minister at Toxic
and Pekin and member Of permanent
court of arbitration at The Hague;
Lord Reay, president OF the Royal Ash
attic society and University college,
London, and member OF the privy
council, and Sir Henry Howard, the
British minister at The Hague.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Bomb Gets Thirty.

LODI, Russian Poland, April 2S.-
Thirty armed Terrorists held up car
rage this evening in which a portion
Of the funds derived from the govern
ment sale of spurious liquor was being
transported to the bank. The carriage
was escorted by soldiers. The Terror
lists threw a bomb, which destroyed
the vehicle, killed three of the accom-
nsnving soldiers outright and MORALLY
wounded five more, as well as the coach,
man and a government officer, who bad
the money in charge. They secured
$4,000.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Nav Tie up Street Cars.

San Francisco, April 22.-san Fran
cisco is threatened with bitter street
car-strike on May / when the present
agreement between the men and the
company will expire. The men now
receive up to 32 cents an hour for ten
hour day. The men request fiat rate
of SO a day for eight hours. Both sides
admit they expect a strike and are pre-
pared for it. 1t is known that the
United Railways has begun the recruit
ing of strike breakers with whom tc
upplant its men when they go out.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Runs Car Through Fire.

Chicago, April 2S.-Fire damaged to
the extent of $250,000 a six story
building at 29O-SOO Wabash avenue to-
dav. twenty girls employed by the
Healv Music company were obliged 70
leave the burning building by means oil
Sire escapes, but none was injured
Horace Maniey, in charge of the eie'
yator, made repeated trips with his c ca
and rescued Is girls. Manley finally
was overcome by smoke and was car
Rod ont
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Wholesale Sheep Theft.

Butte, Mont, April ga Miner
snecia from Billings states that Jonn
1pI and Chester Martin, two OF the
most prominent stockmen Of Eastern eha
Montana. have been arrested on the
o - Of wholesale stock thefts. 1t Is
oIIeged that the two men stole 40
. w ,s driving the animals into the
recesses of the Bull mountain uis'ii'''
tsr from their accustomed range.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Mexican Church Legends.

Queretaro was a town before the
Spanish conquest and was made a city
In 1863. A legend of Queretaro is that
an Otomlte chief, Fernando de Tapla
by name, undertook to convert the city
to Christianity in a way that seems
novel to us, but was common enough
to his day. He came from lula with
challenge to the people Of Queretaro
to fair stand up fight. II he won,
the people surviving were to be bap-
TIED. The challenge was accepted, but
while the fight was in progress a dark
cloud came up and the blessed San.
tlago was seen in the heavens with q
fiery cross, whereupon the people OF
Queretaro gave up and were baptized.
They set up stone cross to common.
crate the event on the site of the pres.
ent church Of Santa Cruz. There is
scarcely a church In Mexico which has
not legent of this kind attached to It
A Gould of Tubalines" has been form.
ed in an English Episcopal church. 1t:
especial business is to keep bright tn,
brass gas fixtures Of the church.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Rains Flood Mobile City.

Mobile. April 2S.-From midnight
last night until this morning, MOBILE ne
,~as visited by a torrent Of rain. 80
' ~"s was the downpour that streets IN
s .,env sections Of the city were covered
With water two feet. Children wer 8
~nsble 10 reach the schoolhorses ana
. u schools were closed. The new
' w.; station was surrounded by water
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
Heavy Snow in Colorado.

Denver, Colo, April 22.-According
70 the local weather bureaus measure
ments, Is inches Of snow, equivalent to
l "A inches OF rain, fell here during the
storm which came from the north yes
terday morning and passed off to the
southeast today. A heavy precipitation
was general in Colorado, and the ground
is now in good condition to bring to
maturity the grain crops, which were
threatened with failure in some dis
tricts.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
ONLY Weeks Supply of Coal.

Winnipeg, Man. April 22.-More
than $1,000 coal miners are now In
volved in the strike in Alberta and
British Columbia. Within week, 1t
Is said, the Canadian Pacific will not
be able to operate its passenger trains
for lack of coal. Until navigation
mems there is no relief in sight.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

es Of the secretions too frequent. On
the advice Of my husband 1 began using
Doans Kidney Pills. Since using two
boxes my trouble has not reappeared.
This is wonderful, after suffering two
years"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

ago, dropsy set in, and
my left side was so
swollen the doctor said
he would have to tap
out the water. There
was constant pain and
a gurgling sensation
around my heart, and
l could net raise my
arm above my head
The kidney action was
disOr{1ered and passag-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

The rate at which the Zulus can run in
an emergency is astonishing. Some will
cover as much as fifty miles in six hours.
Eight miles an hour is common.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

DO you know much about mental
disturbances
Yes" answered the expert, by per-
sonal experience on the witness stand"
Washington Star.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

With piece of string and little sand
and grease, some Hindoo convicts sawed
through an iron bar two inches in diam
eter In FIVE hours and escaped from jail.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

At the government station Lulea, in
Sweden, experiments are being made to
secure varieties of plants not likely to be
injured by frost.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

BOW the engagement Was Broken.
She (having nothing else to say)-
It's funny how we ,ver came to think
so much of each other.
ile-Funny2 It's positively ridicu-
lous.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's Soothing
Syrup the b. st remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

Seventeen persons in hundred in tn,
State of New York live to be over sew
enty years of age.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
A MISSOURI WOMAN
Tells Story of Awful Suffering and
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs. ]. D. Johnson, of 603 West
Hickman st., Columbia, Mo-, says:
Following an operation two years
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

Ninetyeight per cent of the $4,000
blind of Japan support themselves by
practicing massage.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

vs aasurered with Eczema for forty
eura and could find nothing to
sSn s nae until I tried s.. q. s.. I
inc intensely with the itch
for, .o burning; pustules would
fsacky fluid; crusts would come on
The kin and when scratched off
Of ha xln was left as raw as q piece
LONE el. 1 suffered agony in the
wis., years 1 was afflicted, but
fscte n used 8. 8. 8. / found q per-
env eure. There has never been
return OF the trouble.
sto.I Q. H EVANS,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

"Your wife doesn't worry about you
when you are sick nearly so much now
as she did when you were first mar
ried."
Nope"
Hard to account for woman's vaga-
ries, isn't it?'
mot in this case; have my life
insured now and l did not then
Houston Post
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27
SKIN DISEASES

When pure healthy the skin will be soft noO
blenses but takes root the
aon its is manifested by skin eruption or as
humors generally because OF an nacue S
condition of the of the body whose duty it IS TO
on the waste and refuse of the system This MAJ
Sour and fement circulation becomes
poison The blood begins throw off the huos and as
pores and glands of the skin producing Eczema Acne ee
os heu and skin euptions of various kinds Eczema Which there
with slight of followed by pusus
flows fluid that dries and the itching
IT'S generally and legs though on
OF the body the skin dries cracks anu
me acid the blood dries the natural oils OF the skin living it
soft and plant causing dry fevsh condion anu M n the
@ hey appearance Acne makes its appearances on ds while
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

A mans heart beats 92,160 times g
day.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

form OF pirnples anu Di'OA -, differ
Psoriasis comes in scaly patches on u -.orst
emit parts of the body One OF tne wois.
for, of skin trouble is Salt Rheum
i it's favorte point Of attack is the scalp alp
and wv are also disagreeable types OF SKIN SKIN
disease. The humor producing the ttou .he
lies dormant in the blood through t the
Winter to break out and torment .nt
sufferer with the return of Spring; me DeS'
treatment for all skin diseases Is =. - th he
If neutralizes the acids and removes .nT
i, :, o' SO that the skin instead OF being
minated and diseased, is nourished by 3
auppIy of fresh, healthy blood; External mi
applications of salves, washes, lotions rsd e' Sv
while they sOOthe the itching t Saut tToub Gs
skin affections, can never cure the uotT
bod. S. S. S. goes down into the sllc 20 is
oreign matter and restores the blood Of 80 Skin
: permanently curing every TORN cent On free
I.~r1
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKET
CHICAGO LETTER.

Chicago, Jan. 12.-WHEAT-Stron
and higher this morning. Foreign
markets were reported firmer; re-
ceipts in the Northwest lighter than
last year and the demand for num-
Der one northern wheat Is very good,
selling higher than the futures in Min
neapolis. Shorts both here and at Min
neapolis were the best buyers Of the
day Their operations brought about
a rally of half cent in wheat. clos
ing the market strong at the highest
price of the day.
CORN-A shade firmer although dull.
Trading confined almost wholly to pro-
fessfonal scalpers. A few scattered
buying orders were disclosed around
435s for the May future. Receipts for
Monday are estimated at over 500 cars.
The car shortage situation remains
unchanged from yesterday. The mar
ket closed steady.
OATS-Strong and higher One OF
the more prominent bull spectators
bid IS = for any part of half million
bushels. This is the highest price this
option has reached in some time. The
buying was much better than the sell
ing and it enhances the possibilities
of a higher plane of values for the
present oat crop. The cash demand
continues excellent, inability to pro-
cure cars to forward the grain is the
only drawback. The market closed
strong at the high prices Of the day