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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17
MANY LIVES LOST
IN LOUISIANA FLOOD
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER SWEPT
FROM IMPROVISED RAFT.
FOURTEEN NEGROES DROWN
Thrilling Stories of Persons Rescued
Who Had Been Marooned for Days
on Houset0ps and in Trees.

Baton Rouge, La.-Seventeen lives are
known to have been lost in the Torras
crevasse in the Mississippi levee. Three
white people were drowned on Bayou
Latnachie, when a raft on which a
farmer, his wife and daughter were en-
deavoring to reach high ground, was
broken to pieces by the swift current
from the break.
Fourteen negroes lost their lives in
the L%ettsworth neighborhood.
Two thousand flood refugees were res
cued by government officers from the
crevasse floods. Eight hundred were
sent from Melville over the Texas and
Pacific to Bunkie, 400 came here and 500
were carried OF Port Hudson, while
about 300 were sent to Bachelor.
Generous responses have been made to
Gov. }. Y. Sanders appeal for assistance,
Tampa, Fla, alone sending in $1,000.
Stories of thrilling and narrow es
capes from drowning while rescuing per-
sons marooned for days on housetops
and in trees, almost exhausted and fam
lshed from hunger, are tiltering from the
flood parishes across the river.
One story reached New Roads that n
mother and two children, one an infant,
were marooned for days in the attic of
their submerged home. The baby died
and the mother tore up her skirts to
make ropes with which to tie the body
to the chimney in the forlorn hope that
when the water receded she could give |
a proper burial. She and her other
child, it is said, were rescued and car
rled to another place.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Cuba has the largest tobacco crop
record. which may assist to ease
Ne strain on Wisconsin incident to
producing so much Of the pure Ha.
Sana tobacco.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

As his first quarterly pension the
ex-emperor OF China has received
$40 600. 1t looks easy, but think OF
all the red tape one must unwind TO
qualify for the Job.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Statistics show that surgery has
made such progress that now only
about one operation In 50 Is fatal.
out the pocketbook suffers Just as
much as II did before.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

The New York authorities dumped
into the harbor $4,000 worth OF re.
volvers. daggers. blackjacks, and 9TH
Or weapons accumulated In the course
Of arrests.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

A Nebraska farmer lays claim to
, hen that has laid 1000 eggs in three
pears. Another argument in favor of
substituting the hen for the eagle as
bur national bird.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

A Yale professor tells us that It is
impossible to live on less than 1900
a year. and yet several Of our citizens
manage to drag out their existence ON
lass than that.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

A Chicago theater owner has
welded his cashier. The only differ
sncs between her and other wives Ia
mat she had the Job before marriage
ne we'll as after.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

VIII that Connecticut young m
who announces denantly that she will
not wed until she is allowed to vote
Tell US confdentially how many pro
posals she has had?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

That new slit skirt will not become
The fashion II the managers OF the
burlesQue shows have anything to say
about It, They cannot afford such
ruthless competition.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Soon the mans vest will follow the
mans oyercoat
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

A preacher nan in Spokane is said
TO have stood on his head. probably
because he wanted something solid to
stand on.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

A Connecticut man was killed 40
The result OF an April fool joke. Prob.
ably sprung by fellows who rock the
boat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17
Sure .Thinq.

do you believe she will love me
long?"
"Well I know she won't love you
short"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

A BonapartlBt heir has been born.
but a queen is 8 poor selection for o
torlorn hope.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

A Chicago Judge rules that while
q husband is competent to pay for
his wife's gowns, he is not competent
to select them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Mexico Just o seems the garden
spot OF the world for Americans--to
stay away from.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Never Judge a man by his appear.
ance. nor a meal by the value OF the
dnger bowl
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

The wise summer resort gets into
The public eye early
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Keep an eye on the joyrider, He is
still running loose.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Chicago has been having prairie
dres. Chicago has everything except
mountain climbing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Before retiring, a cup of Garfield Teal
For good digestion and continued good
health.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

The Joy rider mas begun his sum-
mEr campaign. Check him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

A woman with large feet may have
, largo brain, but she has q large
desire to hide said feet.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

When Massachusetts men become
too old to work they proceed at once
10 wed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Among those able to come back Is
pour ole friend Wa Ting fang.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Swearing Owe a telephone line Is
Just plain profanity and is Illegal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

One swallow does not make a sum.
ner, nor n poem a spring.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

Paris has caught the leader OF It's
auto gang OF bandits. This seems to
Be a bad wear for outlaws.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17
TO DRIVE SgT I EAIAH IA ,,.. sv.

Take the Old Standard GRovHS TASThLnS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are takjna
The formula 10 plainly printed ON every bottle
showing y 10 simply ',uinine a.d Iron In o tasteles4
form, and tho mos encctual form. For groWn
people AID chiLiI.1. cents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

But the foundation of the average
mans %self-conceit is past finding out.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-17

PUBLISHED
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
FOR SERVING TARTAR SAUCE
Idea Put Into Use by One Hostess
Would Seem to Have Many
Good Points.

A good idea for the serving Of tar
tar sauce of mayonnaise is suggested
by one enterpriisng housewife. She
cuts lemon in half, cleans out the in
side thoroughly and then fills the
halves with the sauce. She serves
one to each guest. When fish or sal
I'D Is served the little lemon cups are
placed around the edge of the platter
end one is taken by each guest. In
this way the sauce is kept firm and
strong instead Of melting into a liquid
when put on hot plate.
For the home where guests are al
ways arriving and departing there is
nothing quite so nice for the windows
as white cotton crepe. This may be
simply hemmed or trimmed with ball
fringe. For the dressers and bureaus
covers of tieece-lined pique will be
found very satisfactory. This may
be cut into the required size and the
edges buttonholed in scallops. Two
sets of curtains and covers should be
kept on hand, one in use and clean
Que besides.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
DANDRUFF 20 YEARS

TAB Third Ave-, New York, N. Y
Having been troubled with dandruff
for twenty years and trying numerous
lotions, washes, etc, without any ef-
feet, l thought l would give Cuticura
Soap and Ointment trial. The scalp
always had dry skin on it which did
not itch as l gave 1t a good brushing
every morning and evening, but
through the day the dandruff would
show badly on my coat collar. used
the Cuticura Soap to shampoo my hair
and rubbed in a little Cuticura ONT
ment. After a few treatments | found
the head clean and healthy, free from
all dry scales. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment cured the dandruff, and now
| use Cuticura to keep it from return
ing" (Signed) W. Dyke, Jan. 2, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
CITY NOT ALL BRICK
Beautiful Scenes on the Out
skirts of New York.
Picturesque Heights of Hoboken and
Weehawken Give an Impression
of Florence Carried Across
Sea From Italy.

New York-Eastward or westward,
as a New Yorker rides in the ele-
waited trains, there are vistas to meet
his eye that will prove the city is
something beyond the poets brick
and stone if he will but look to find
them. From the elevated roads on
the eastern side of the city and once
the Battery park is left behind, the
pessimistic versifier has much the
better of it.
After the northward bound trains
pass the Chatham square station all
glimpses of the East river, its piers
and ships and blue water, with soar
ing bridge towers and graceful
cables, are left behind, and there is
only the teeming life OF the east side
to flash up before his eyes down the
narrow streets.
Stuyvesant square and the pictur.
esque st. Georges make momentary
oasis of green and brown, and then
come the streets from the Twenties
northward, where the vistss end in
the river again, with all it's pictur
esque activities and color. Grim old
Bellevue strikes a somber note as one
background; but the buildings on
BlackwelTs island, serious as their
purpose may be, change the note Of
depression to one of pleasure by the
picture they present of velvet-smooth
lawns, out of which rise the vine-clad
walls of the old gray stone city build
ings. Now and again a schooner un.
der sail crosses one Of these rectangu-
lar openings to give flip to the
heart of the sailor man who glimpses
the blue water and the moving craft,
with lively emotions Of envy for
those afoat. The Rockefeller insti-
tute forms an impressive end to one
of these vistas, the last one that
leaves an impression on the memory
as the train slides upward toward the
architectural tumble of Harlem and
beyond.
But on the westward side of Man
haitian the vista hunter has richer
and more varied food for his eyes to
feed on. By the Battery itself there
is usually to be seen a fruit vessel
from the tropics, picturesque in its
cleaning white paint and coloreG
stack and flags Above the long line
of dun wharf houses coastwise steam
ers thrust their stacks, and the
mightier tubes that form the great
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
PROPER DEGREE OF NEGLECT
Sometimes Hard, Even for the Wisest
Mother, to Know When to Draw
the Line.

Wholesome neglect is about the
best kind of care child can receive"
she said. And my children have all
had plenty of it,"
The other mother was so impressed
by the words of the mother Of seven
healthy children that she actually be-
gan to practice little bit of whole
some" neglect with her own eve lamb.
One day the little girl came running
to her with a cut finger. Formerly
that mother would have called in a
physician to bind up the cut But hav.
ing decided to make use Of whole.
some" neglect, she merely took out
her handkerchief, wrapped it around
the child's finger, dried her tears, and
told her to run back and play.
The mother of the seven children,
happened to be present. When the
little girl had run away she said to
the other mother. THAT is very dan.
gerous way to treat a cut. Do you
usually follow that practice?"
mo-" replied the other mother; 81
| usually Send Tor the DOCTOR. But
am following your example, and using
wholesome neglect"
The other mother meditated mo-
ment, and then she said, cit is not
necessary, think, to call In doctor
when child cuts her finger; but to
bind 1t up with handkerchief that
has been carried even for a few hours
exposed to dust, and not to cleanse
the finger thoroughly before binding
it up at all, seems to me, If l may say
so, to be not wholesome but "un
wholesome neglect. So many per
sons" she went on, Confuse whole
some with .'unwholesome' neglect.
don't blame them at all; it is hare
always to know the one from the
er!"-Home Progressive Magazine
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08

steamships tunnels make vivid blocks
Of color against the sky.
These tunnels and the ships cargo
booms form kind Of irregular pat
tern of crude colors against the gen.
orally prevailing blue of the sky. The
heights of Hoboken and Weehawken
begin to march along at the end of
the vistas a little further up town,
and far against the end of Twenty
ninth street the great pile of the
monastery on the heights gives an
impression of Florence carried across
the sea.
High above the river now stands a
thin line Of trees along the Hudson
boulevard that give French touch to
the momentary compositions one sees
as the train clatters on it's way. Riv'
erside Drive and the park behind II
affoEd the most varied and delectable
backgrounds to these vistas, the
GROWING touch Of magnificent pic
turesqueness along this line being
the gray bulk of the Cathedral Of St
John the Divine rising above the
green and rocky slopes of Morning
side Park.
The brick and stone avalanche may
submerge the homegoer after this
but if he has been feasting his eyes
on the vistas we have mentioned he
is fortified even against row after row
of flats with never q bit of green tC
relieve them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
EASY ~ riLL in., UnUER
Floor~aIker Hardly Had to Think to
Make Satisfactory Answer to the
Inquiry.

silk stockings must be very cheap
in America. Nowhere in the world do
women's slim and supple ankles CLEAN
in lustrous silk as they do here"
The speaker was Robert Lorraine.
the English actor. he continued:
"A married man tod me the other
day that, going into one of your de-
partment stores. he said to a floor
walker:
I'm looking for something pretty
in silk stockings
The foorwalker smiled, and with
a gesture embraced the long rows OF
counters with their charming sales
women.
That remark he said, describes.
| believe, practically every one of our
young ladies'"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
Railroad Travel In South Africa

Not only Is passenger traffic increas-
ing in short-dstance trains, but the
taking of holiday trips, lengthy rail
road journeys to the coast or from the
coast inland, is becoming much more
common among an overwhelming cir
Gle. The passenger traffic between
the Rand and Durham this season is
phenomenal and the excursions to the
Victoria falls have been extensively
patronized, while weekend visits to
places of easy access from the larger
towns may now be regarded as per-
manently popular.
There are doubtless many reasons
for this increased desire for travel and
its qualification, not the least impor-
tant being the low rates at which ex.
cursion traffic is now run and the ex.
cellent arrangements made by the rail-
road administration for the convey
ance and convenience of passengers.
South African Railway Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
LIVES LOST ON THE TRACK
Workmen, Business Men, Women and
Children, All Numbered Among
Those Killed.

The prevalent idea that the tres.
passers who are killed while on rail
road property are hoboes, for the
most part of no particular use to so
ciety, Is contradicted by the result OF
Investigations of deaths Of 1000 tres
passers, remarks the Providence Jour
nal. The great majority Of the per
sons killed were regularly employed
Workmen, business men and women
and children. OF 131 trespassers who
lost their lives 80 had no known oc
cupation, Is had no regular employ
ment and 10 aged and infirm persons
were recorded as of unknown occu
pations." The others were farmers,
shopmen, mechanics, carpenters. sal.
Tors, teachers, merchants, hotel men
and laborers, with a few minors. The
report on trespassers injured shows
substantially the same proportion of
industrious men. In two lines there
are few who had any business on the
tracks. The presumption is that the
railroad is being used as if 1t were a
public highway affording short cuts
and good walking.
The official statements appear to
warrant the conclusion that through.
out the country the killed and injured
trespassers are for the most part men
and women whose lives were worth
preserving in their communities. The
saving of such lives is not a problem
i for new legislation. The laws against
trespassing are sufficiently compre
hensive. What is needed is theil
enforcement by railroad officials and
the police departments of cities anG
| towns.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
Feather Toques.

1t seems as though a hat made of
feathers should be light, and so the
plumage toques are in actual weight;
but they have heavy look, thanks to
their compactness. and this is not be-
coming. Nevertheless they will be
very fashionable up till Christmas,
and are already obtainable in many
colors and shapes. Very few Of them
have brims, but nearly all belong to
the saucepan, the pudding basin or the
coal scuttle persuasion.
Their only trimming Is in nearly
every case a little knot Of brilliant
feathers at the side, culled from a
tropic bird.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
Silk Street Costumes,

The vogue for silk street costumes
continues, and the colored silks which
made their appearance last year are
to be found in greater variety and
more beautiful designs this fall Many
materials are shown in piquelke
weavings in blac kand white, and are
utilized for costumes and coats.
Tartan and checked material are
shown in velvet and silk as we'll as in
the regulation wooden fabrics. There
are blue-green checks, through which
run red, blue or orange-yellow
threads and large shadow squares in
dark colorings Aecked with various
tints.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
loo Much of a Good Thinu.

81 was very happy" said the pro-
lessor, when, after years of wooing
she finally said, Yes"
But why did you break the en-
gagement so soon after?" asked his
friend.
Man, it was she that dissolved it."
Really" said the friend. How did
that happen?"
1T was due to my accursed absent.
mindedness. When, few days later,
| called at her home, l again asked
her to marry me. "-Youth's Compan.
ion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
Accepts the Rebuke.

A resident of an English city has
made himself a marked man by in
sisting on saying 'nought" instead of
20" when he calls telephone num-
Der having ciphers in it. The tele-
pone operator usually corrects him
when he says three double nought"
by saying Three double O." The
other night he called up central and
said, Hello" and the girl replied:
"Hell-nought." He accepted meekly
the quiet rebuke. "-Springfeld Re-
publican.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08

psychology visiting here, Chicago Is
the scene of hundreds of panics daily
the modern city, in fact is made up
of elements strongly conducive to in
applicable actions outside the zone of
reason and custom.
A striking example of city panics
occurs every time a suburban train
arrives at a station. The English
psychologist thus relates the resulting
phenomenon:
After we had passed several sta
lions | began to watch the passengers
and discovered that as the train drew
near the station at which they wished
to descend from the cars they in
variably grew nervous and preoccu-
pied. Conversations which a moment
before had flowed along with ease
seemed to halt and hesitate as the
train checked it's onward rush. Per-
sons buried in books and papers
actually seemed to feel the proximity
Of their destination although it was
minutes away Books were closed,
papers folded and all preparations for
an instantaneous departure from the
train were made.
Then an extraordinary thing oc-
Cured. Instead of waiting further
these uneasy passengers arose and,
swaying back and forth recklessly,
made their way to the end of the car,
passed out, and went on through the
train to the rear end, where they
waited standing. All the while they
peered anxiously forth as though
something whispered to them that the
| train was about to be wrecked and
that the sooner they left 1t the better
Il was strangely interested and
also arose and followed them to the
| rear coach. There l found line OF
them reaching all down the aisle and
took my station there and waited
l knew not why.
AT last the first signs of the sta
ton appeared and the line pushed
forward, making the situation of the
men on the platform perilous indeed
I saw then that there was to be q
rush from the car. 1t seemed that
some great danger was at hand and
was only to be escaped by promptness
In leaving the train. At last the en-
CINE flashed by the platform and the
brakes were applied strenuously But
the men on the platform dared not
wait for the full stop. One after an
other they leaped from the speeding
train and more than one of then
came near pitching off the far side
BY the time the train, had slackenet
It's speed and come to a standstill Il
was empty. The passengers mean
while had turned and started theil
mad flight toward the steps which lee
up to the street.
Since then | have watched man!
times and always the same thing hap
pened. There was always the ankle
ty as the station approached-a lway'
the line of those waiting for the trail
to slow up slightly and always tn,
tempestuous rush up the stairs-fol
lowed in every case by the quiet ant
demure anti-climax as the street wa
reached. 1t was pure panic. Chi
cago Daily News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
Few Killed on British Lines.

The safety of passenger on Eng
lish railroads, as compared with that
Of the employees, is greater than that
of an ordinary pedestrian compared
with steeplejack or a fying-man.
Last year, on the British railways,
only one passenger was injured out of
every 100000 carried; but of the EN-.
ployes one was injured out of every
1860 In other words, the employee
has 5000 chances of losing his life to
the passengers one chance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
Cheap Fare on Russian Line.

In the matter of fares the Trans
Siberian puts all other railroads to
shame. For first-class the charges
are about two-thirds Of a penny per
mile; second (only little inferior)
less than a half-penny for the same
distance, while If you care to risk a
third-class journey you get your four
miles for a penny. Even this Is the
height of extortion when compared
with the emigrant rate. This works
out at something like a shilling for a
hundred miles, and If the emigrant
does not possess the shilling the gov
eminent will lend it m!-London
Tit-Bits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
His Turn Next.

Little Boy (who has just seen his
mother dismiss the servant for staying
five or six hours without leave):-
Mamma, wasn't it very wrong in Mary
to stay out so late?
Mamma (indignantly)-Yes, Char
lie, and very impudent, too, she was.
But won't keep such person in my
house.
Little Boy-When are you going to
dismiss papa?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-11-08
MANY SMITHS IN HARVARD
Out of $500 Students Fifty Bear That
Name, While the Tribe of Brown
Has Twenty-four.

Cambridge, Mass.-The Smiths pre-
dominate at Harvard just as they do
in many other communities. Out of
approximately $500 students listed in
the college catalogue, so bear the
name of Smith. The Browns are a
poor second with twenty-four repre-
sentatives. Eleven men answer to the
call of Wilson as against three Roose-
velts and two Tafts.