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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
FLOODS LEAP LEvEEs.
Many Have Narrow Escapes and Live
stock is Abandoned.

st. Louis-Thousands of flood spec
tatcrs witnessed the thrilling rescue
of a family of seven, from sinking
houseboat in the swirling currents of
the Mississippi River here.
A houseboat in which a man, his
wife and five children lived, was torn
from its mornings by driftwood that
was carried from flood points above
Soon after being swept into the cur
rent the frail craft dragged over sunk
en- snags, stove in its bottom and be-
gan to sink
Two motorboats rushed to the rescue
and after fighting off the heavy drift,
reached the side of the boat just as
the water was sweeping over the deck.
IL sank within five minutes after the
last occupant had stepped to safety.
The river has reached 1913 feet, a
rise of 40 feet in "a hours. This
mark is g feet below flood stage and
the water has inundated the railroad
tracks along the levee. Half dozen
expensive power boats have been lost,
but unless an unlocked for rise occurs,
no great damage is expected at st.
Louis except to small shipping.
Conditions in the flooded district at
Cairo are serious and the situation is
growing graver every day. Both the
Mississippi and the Ohio are rising at
Cairo and although the city proper can
stand several feet more, anxiety is
felt for the levees above and below
the mouth of the Ohio.
The Drinkwater levee on the Mis-.
sissippi side has broken, despite the
efforts of more than 1000 men, ano
the water is sweeping over a three.
mile stretch of levee and flooding the
southeastern section of Missouri.
When it became apparent that the
levee could not be saved the workmer
turned their attention toward resi-
dents in the district, thereby saving
many lives. Farmers and their fam
lilies fled to safety, leaving livestock
to its fate and hundreds of cattle anc
hogs are floating toward the Gulf
Boats carried persons out of the
Drinkwater district all day Sunday.
The Iron Mountain trains were
caught between the Bard's Point anc
Charleston floods and the passengers
had to be taken off in boats. All
traffic between Cairo and Charleston,
KY, has been annulled.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

or told me to go to hospital. l did
not like that idea very well, so, when /
saw your advertisement in a paper, l
wrote to you for advice, and have done as
you told me- have taken Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Liver Pills, and now have my health.
''If sick and ailing women would only
know enough to take your medicine, they
would get relief. Mrs. BENZ. II. STAINS
Berry, Route 6, Box Is, Upper Sandusky,
Ohio.
If you have mysterious pains, irregu-
larity, backache, extreme nervousness,
Inflammation, liberation or displace-
ment, don't wait too long, but try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound now.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills, and such unquestionable
testimony as the above proves the value
Of this famous remedy and should give
every one confidence
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Sites at Far Selected.

San Francisco-The Philippine isl
ands and the state of South Dakots
were added to the list of stockholders
on the grounds of the 1915 exposition.
Governor Vessey, of South Dakota.
with exposition commissioners from
his state. took precedence in the cere-
monies and Immediately after the
South Dakota flag had been planted on
the reservation selected for their state
building, the Philippine commission
ers, received deed to their lot.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
City of Mexico Alarmed.

Washington, D. C.-Dispatches to
the department of State from the
American embassy in Mexico City re-
ported the insurrecto movement in
Puebla and Vera Cruz as gaining and
said there was considerable alarm in
Mexico City. The activity of Zapata
forces in Puebla and Vera Cruz leads
some observers to believe that reb-
ell movement is being directed to the
taking of the city of Vera Cruz to pro-
vide rebel-controlled port through
which the insurrectos may receive
their arms and ammunition.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
TongueIess Man Talks.

Cincinnati = Joseph Montague. as
years old, had the alternative of for
feiting his life or having his tongue
extirpated several days ago because of
cancer on that organ. He chose the
latter course and today surprised the
nurses and internes at the city hospit-
al by gaining the powers of speech af-
ter the doctors had told him he would
be bereft of his voice. Physicians
now explain that the vocal chords are
still intact, and by concentrating all
his energy in the effort Montague is
able to articulate.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Lighted Hats in Demand.

Chicago-An active demand for Gin
candescent hats" the first of which
was displayed here several days ago at
the convention of dressmakers, has
caused a leading electrical company to
get out several designs, all operated
from small dry batteries in the crown
of the hat. One new design is being
exposed in the windows. 1t contains
tiny orange bulbs about the size and
shape of small tangerines and con-
nected with green wires looped with
orange and other blossoms in decora-
tive fashion.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
On sanIty,s Border Line.

Experts can hardly define the thin
line that separates the insane from
the sane There is twilight of the
mind in which many people buy and
sell, love and divorce, marry and give
in marriage and live and die. At no
time in their lives are they really In
sane more than a few moments at a
time and yet they live In a world that
is tangled. out OF tune and different
from that all around them.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

In the mountainous districts Of Ha
wall wild turkeys are very numerous,
and form an important resource for
the wandering camper. They are, OF
course, imported American turkeys
gone wild. Some OF the stockmen lib
Grated domestic turkeys, and they
promptly took to a bold life and are
thriving excellently. their only foe ap-
parently being the mongoose. which
ultimately will prove their undoing.
This simply shows how readily domes.
tic stock harks to wild life when Civ.
en- an opportunity.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Musical Sands
Musical sands have been

Musical sands have been known for
1000 years and It is believed that
there is a reference to them in one
of the tales OF the Arabian Nights"
But nature produces much finer re
suits. There is the Mountain of the
Bell on the shores of the Red sea,
which makes extraordinary sounds
and boomings when the winds set the
countless millions Of particles rubbing
against each other and vibrating.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
First Use Of Tobacco.

The first pipe smokers, 1t is claimed,
we're the medicine men. Tobacco was
used in the first place as an incense to
burn before the great spirits, The
burning Of tobacco was an expression
OF mans homage to him just as the
burning of spices, such as franklin
cense and myrrh. has been In tho
Orient since time began. Among tho
Indians from Hudson's Bay to Cape
Horn the plant was regarded as ga
cred, hence the present use. divine"
wood
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Evidently a Diplomat.

A courtier taking leave OF Louis
XIV. who was sending him as an am
bassador to foreign court. was told
by the king: my most important In
struction for you is to pursue a policy
entirely different from that of your
predecessor" Sire" said the diplo.
matist. II will endeavor to do SO. that
your majesty may not repeat the ad.
vice to my successor"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Mexican SITUATION Grave

Washington, d. C.-Senator Gull
lom, of Illinois, sent a dispatch to
friends in his state, saying it would
be impossible for him to attend the
primaries in his home city, as the
gravity of the Mexican situation made
it necessary for him, as chairman of
the senate foreign relations commit
tee. to remain in Washington. He
declared optimistically that his pres
ence in Illinois was not needed, as he
felt assured of his denomination.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

keeping l was not
fe cling W ell and
could hardly dra g
myself along. / had
such tired feelings,
my back ached, my
sides ached, / had
bladder trouble aw-
fully bad, and l could
not Gator sleep. Ihad
headaches, too, and
became almostan er-
vous wreck Nv doc
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
WASHES CLOTHES FASTER.

Use RED CROSS BALL BLUE and
you will find it makes beautiful,
clear, white clothes with less effort
and less cost than any other blue.
1t Is far superior to any liquid blue
on the market for the best of liquid
bluing is principally water. Use the
blue that is all blue. AT ALL GRO.
GERS. Price, 10 cents.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

In a Virginia courthouse a negro
was describing how cutting scrape
started.
dis here Johnson niger started
toward me-" said the witness; land ez
he done so he stuck his hand down in
his hip pocket. And l says to him.
Niger says. 'whutever you has got
your hand on now better be chick
en-. cause I suttinly is gwine to make
you eat itl'"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
500 CHILDREN RETURN.
Lawrence Textile Workers Hold Gel.
ebration to Greet Tots.


Lawrence, Mass. - Coming from
homes in New York, Philadelphia anc
other cities, 300 children of textile
operatives who participated in the re.
cent strike have returned to Law.
renee. Their arrival was made the
occasion of great demonstration in
celebration of what the mill workers
considered notable industrial vic.
tory.
More than 10000 operatives
thronged the streets, half of then
participating in a monster parade
AS the procession passed the jai
where Joseph ]. Ettor and Arturo
Giovennitti, former leaders of the
strike, are held awaiting trials OF
charges of being accessories to muir
der, the marchers burst into deafenine
cheers, ceasing only long enough t
sing THE Marseillaise.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Pure Air on the Sea.

Tests have shown that the air In the
crowded sleeping quarters Of modern
warships is purer than in barracks or
average residences ashore.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
When Your Eyes Need Care Tu Murine Ev R,ust,

No smarting-Feels Fine--Acts Quickly. Try
II for Red. Weak, Watery Eyes aud Granu-
lated Eyeiids- Illustrated Book in each Pack
age. Murine is compounded by our Oculista
not a Patent Medicine"-but used In sue
cessful Physcians Practice for many years
Now dedicated TO the public and sold By
Druggists at 25c and Soc per Bottle. Murine
Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, z5c and Soc.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Ear-Reachina Influence.

1T is not possible to know how far
the influence of any amiable. honest
hearted. duty-doing man flows out in
to the world. Great Expectations.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

Write Allen 8. olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y, for
sweating hot swollen, aching feet. 1t makes
new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for
corns. lngrowing nails and bunions. All drug
sl.o sen II. 2oc. Don't accept any substitute.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

The discovery OF coal is said to
have been made by Belgian black
smith named Hullos, who lived in the
village OF Plenevaux. near Liege, in
1049.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

Berlin-A report is published here
that the Parseyal dirigible balloon,
which has just been completed, has
been sold to the japanese government.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Oldest Man Dead.

Columbia. Ky.-Johnny Morg. aged
one hundred and twenty-four years.
said to be the oldest man In America.
was found dead in his hut near here
He was a veteran Of the war Of 1912.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
should Not Tell.

Albany, n. Y.-Assemblyman Mac
Gregor has introduced a bill which
provides fine for dentists who reveal
the fact that their Sa'ients have false
teeth
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Bull MIobt object

The person who advises you to take
the bull by the horns never seems to
be considering what the bull might
be doing In the meantime.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
EAIHYd3Y!ExIUa Cyl eT1c 9.G BE


A homel 1t is the bright. blessed
adorable phantom that sits highest on
the sunny horizon that girdeth life
Ike MarvePs "Reveries of a Bach
elor."
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
treaty Signed bY Sultan.

Paris-A dispatch to the Matin from
its Fee correspondent says that a
treaty establishing French protec-
torate over Morocco was signed by the
Sultan.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Cats Cause Divorce.

Kansas City. Mo.-Samuel O'Dell
aged seventy-four. a veteran OF the
Civil war. obtained divorce because
his wife kept 35 cats.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure E w
GROVES signature Is on each box 25c.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

Unrepresented In the Gospels.
Hardly any problem Of exegesis IA
more difficult than to discover In the
gospels an administrative or organ
izing or ecclesiastical Christ.-Francis
. G. Peabody.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Hint for Mechanic.

II two nuts are run on a bolt 30 that
he square sides face each other they
will serve as q wrench In an emer.
Eency.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Daily Thought.

Every soul has landscape that
changes with the wind that sweeps the
sky, with the clouds that return after
its rain.--George Mcdonald.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
PILES CURED IN s TO "a DAYS

Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT fails 70 cure any case Of Itching Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to IA days. 50c.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
AM G. W.

New York.-Four baby boys left by
the stork at Bellevue hospital on
washington's birthday will all have
the initials G. w.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Football In Germany.

Michael Ito his wife)-"Coms
away. wife, or else they will want VI
afterward as witnesses-Fliegends
Blaetter.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

arsaparifIa

Is the most effective medicine
for the complete publication
of the blood and the complete
renovation of the whole sys-
tenn. Take it this spring.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

Accidents, Burns, Scalds, Spr ms,
Bruises, Bumps, Cuts, Wounds, all are
painful. Hamll;ns Wizard Oil draws out
tie Inflammation and gives instant relief.
Don't wait for the accident. Buy it now.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
Not Caused By Work.

Sometimes the calluses on a mans
hands are made by golf clubs
Atchison Globe.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
News to Her.

New York Bank Returns" read
an old lady. "And never knew that
one OF them had been missing" she
remarhed.--Punch.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

Mothers VIII find Mrs. winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their childrel
during tie teething period.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU

VIII furnish you any kind of help you want. male
female skilled or unskilled, farm sawmill: log
phone. No fees of any kind charged in this office.
Phones-A 1924; Main 1885, us Second st. Portland Or.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

Pink Eye" is Epidemic In the Spring.
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Reliable Relief.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
HolIer Than Thou.

Some men expect their neighbors to
be little better than their neighbour
neighbor.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
CITY Without skyscrapera

In Hamburg the nature OF the soil is
such that no very tall buildings can be
erected. and there are few that have
a. many as ten floors.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11

1t is undoubtedly true that heaven
always seems nearer when viewed
through a clear conscience.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-11
YOUNG wife
SAVED FROM
HOSPITAL
Tells How Sick She Was And
What Saved Her From
An Operation.

Upper Sandusky, Ohio. 90 Three years
ago was married and went to house
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-09-13
Intervention Draws Near.
STRAUS FOR GOVERNOR.
New York Diplomat Put In Race on
Bull Moose Ticket.

Oscar s. Straus, of New York coun-
fy, President Clevelands ambassador
to Turkey and President Roosevelt's
secretary of commerce and labor, was
nominated for governor by acclama-
ton in a stampede of the Progressive
state convention at Syracuse, N. Y.
Mr.. Straus, as permanent chairman
OF the convention, was upon the plat
form at the time the stampede broke
loose. 1t came like a thunderclap to
him. The Prendergast and the Hotch-
kiss forces for five hours had been
engaged in an oratorical battle in the
effort to bring about the nomination
Of their favorite
Secretary George B. Mnnchest0
had completed the roll of counties
in the call for nominating speeches.
Comptroller Prendergast had been
formally put in nomination by ex-
Assemblyman George A. Green of
Kings. William A. Chadbourne of
New York had put William H. Hotch-
kiss in nomination. Mr. Hotchkiss
had mounted the platform and de-
clared that Mr. Chadbourne had nam
ed him on his own responsibility, but
Mr. Hotchkiss had not renowned the
proposed nomination.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-09-13
GENERAL NEWS IN BRIEF

The General Electric Co. has filed
notice of an increase Of capital stock
from $S0,000,000 to 100000.
Seventeen hundred of the 2,302
looms in the Appleton, Mass, cotton
mills are idle because of a strike Of
800 weavers.
Mrs. Rose Yoffa and her three chill
dren were found dead in single
bed, victims of gas asphyxiation, at
their home in Holyoke, Mass.
Oscar Madison, superintendent Of
the Charlotte Lighting Co., was elocu-
ted at the top of pole in Rochester,
n. T., where he was directing
changes in transformer.
Charles l.. Yates. publisher of the
National Nurseryman and treasurer
OF the American Association of MUIR
serymen, is dead at his home in Roch-
ester, N. Y, of heart failure, aged 55
years.
William Mailly, of New York. who
in 1903 and 1904 was national secre-
tary OF the Socialist party and also
for several months past associate edi-
tor of the Metropolitan magazine, is
dead.
The state tax commission held it's
monthly meeting in Lansing and vot.
ed to continue its review of the as
sessments in Kalamazoo county. The
tax commissioners state that they
will stand pat on the original assess
ments in Kalamazoo city.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-09-13
NOTES BY TELEGRAPH.

Brig.-Gen. Wells, u. s. A., retired,
is dead at his home in Geneva, N. Y.
The Bedford, Mass. textile council
has ordered all It's members who are
operatives in the IL mills against
which a strike of weavers has been
in progress for eight weeks to return
to work.
Maj. Benjamin Morgan Harrod, for
merly member of the isthmian canal
commission and of the Mississippi
river commission and ex-president Of
the American Society of Civil Engi-
neers, Is dead at his home in New
Orleans.
The camp meeting of the Northern
Michigan Seventh Day Adventists In
Traverse City closed the ten days
session, proving the most prof
table in the history of the organiza-
ton. Eight converts were baptized at
the close.
A warrant for Grin II. Ravens OF
Lansing has been sworn Jut, charg.
ing him with cruelty to animals. Mr.
Ravens Is alleged to have taken a
Ratchet and chopped the shoes from
a horse which was dying. Neighbors
notified the officers, and the animal
was killed.
Thomas j. Bolt, former state SEN
ator, is in a serious condition, as a
result of peculiar accident few
days ago in Muskegon. Mr.. Bolt was
shaking hands with Jerome Turner,
when he dislocated his elbow The
injury was such that 1t affected Mr..
Bolts heart The physician relieves
the dislocation affected the nerves.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-09-13
STATE BRIEFS.

At the monthly meeting OF the
Saginaw health board, Health Officer
Alger said doctors are not reporting
contagious diseases, and that out OF
IL fatal cases during August, 10 had
not been reported. The board of
health decided to use the state law
and prosecute the doctors not report
ing.
The Michigan Federation of Labor
will hold it's annual convention in
Grand Rapids Sept. II to 20. Grand
Rapids members will boom c. o. Tay-
lor for the presidency. Among the
matters to come before the federation
will be the request of the stationary
engineers for a 56-hour week and the
examination of engineers and firemen.
Berrien county veterans in reunion
in st. Joseph went on record as IA
voring Michigan erecting a memorial
to the state soldiers who were killed
at the battle of Shiloh. The govern
ment has set aside battlefield for
a public park in memoriam to those
who fell, and all of the northern
states have commemorated their dead
by monuments or markers, except
Michigan.
During the celebration in st. Jo-
seph last week several visiting city
officials and local officers were be-
ing paraded about the city on the
local fire wagon, when an alarm was
received. The driver refused to let
his visitors unload, but made a fast
run to the fire. The officials were
then called on to string 600 feet Of
hose. To finish the entertainment
most OF the men were given a drench-
ing.
In the dairy building butter and
cheese will be made and milk will be
pasteurized and bottled. Milk will also
be clarified and ice cream will be man.
ufactured.
w. II. Wallace, general manager Of
the Michigan Sugar Co., declares the
outlook for the beet crop this fall Is
the best with the exception OF 1911.
There are 5000 fewer acres under
cultivation than were contracted for
at the beginning of the year. This
was brought about by the poor plant
ing weather. The factory at Alma,
one OF the six operated by the Michi-
gan Sugar Co., has been increased to
1000 tons daily slicing capaci's
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-09-13
Gen. Macarthur Drops Dead.

While recalling the deeds of the
Twenty-fourth Wisconsin volunteers
in the Atlanta campaign, Lieut.. Gen.
Arthur Macarthur, U. s. A., retired,
dropped dead, following an apoplectic
stroke at the reunino of the regiment,
known as the Chamber of Comm
cree" regiment, in the University
building in Milwaukee, Wis.
Within a few minutes after the
general succumbed in the midst of his
address, Edwin B. Parsons, captain
and member Of the regiment, suffered
paralytic stroke on the right side
from the shock of seeing his comrade
fall, and had to be carried from the
hall