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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02
His Assassin a !-uratic.

NEW YORK, May 30-Thc man
who recently attempted to assassin
ate a. f. Kercnsky, Russian Minister
CT War has been adjudged llnatic
and confined to an asylum. accord
Ing to cablegram to the Jewish
Djly Forward yesterday from its Pc
trOgrad correspondent.
"Assai'ant Of KcrcnsEy proved to
be lunatic and confined TO an asv-
lum'' the cabegram said. "Other
cases in connection with assault dis
missed, as an organized pot discov-
cred" 2
The attempted assassination was
at first attributed to an anarchist
plot and several arrests were made.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02

Like the COW that gave the buck
tt Of rich milk, and then promptly
kicked it over, the Baltimore Amer
lean eX coriated the Tennessee man
burners III one issue, and in a few
days thereafter came out in tacit
suggestion that lynching be resortcd
to for certain class Of malcfactors.
Consistency should be the watch
word Of the American. There is
sufficient law in this country to
punish all classes of offenders. Al!
that is needed, is its application,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02

It's shame on this nation for a
a man, great as was Senator Joseph
Benson Foraker, after having done
so much for it in war and peace, to
have practically died broken heart
ed.
But when one looks at it from a
sane angle with blessed are We
when men shall revi1e you, and say
all manner of evil against you false
ly for my sake, rejoice and be ex-
ceeding glad for great is your re-
ward in heaven" he hasn't lived
in vain, his prosecutors may have.
The principles he espoused are
eternal and Foraker lived and died,
that they be ours to fully enjoy.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02
YES COLORED DFFICIRc'

From under a BAN at Highfcld
Perdleton County, West Virginia,
there bulges stream of water on
the North and another on the South.
The former is the source of the Pc
tomac and the latter that Of the
James river. They were no doubt
millions of years cutting their way
back to the ocean. Now, what q
blessing to civilization and cngi-
necrlng. Also in this state are all
kinds of waters sulphur, iron,
slate, imagine ia, alum, laurel, hot
and ice Perpctually Most Of them
differ in color, and some arc black
but they all without pickering have
peacefully battlcd and cut their way
through mountains, gurgcs and
ground billions of tons of rock to
powder. They all come from the
same divine source and return
9urgling in love back and become
OF one color. Nature season, d
and cOlorcd them God S work.
Akin to the blessings the streams
Of water have been to this Cod
blessed land, COlnDarcS u0bly ,he
wonderful work the Colorcd pcODlr
have done. They too, have been
darkcncd by climatic conditions
and like the waters, are novinu ON
to their divine source where no col
or is known. Why can humanity
move onward and do its work in
harmony as the rivers?
When all the white officers were
shot down, who led the black bows
up San Juan Hill and took that f0rto
A Negro, who when told to re
treat yelled back: retreat hell! fol-
low me boysn' They obaycd, and
the world knows the result. Was
Hannibal, Toussaint L'Overturc
Menclek, MaCcO, Dodds and many
others white? If the Negroes are
brave enough and sensible enough
to fight to the very last ditch,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02

We want America saved and re-
tain her God-blessed land where
everybody could live, everything
IN nature found, every necessity
produced and all be happy, and to
accomplish it, old as we are, our
gun would be shouldered with our
three sons by Our side, aud conscrip-
ton wouldn't have to line us I'D.
Will it in the fna1ity add greatness
to a great country?
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02
Those white women who went to

Those white women who went to
see that poor insane Negro burned,
and tainted, no doubt are the
daughters of the mothers the poor
old slave men and women took care
OF during the war. Negroes, be
honest, industrious and God loving
and all your labors will result in
perpetual capitals at compound in
terest here and in eternity.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02

We have no respect for servilc,
Crlnglng colorcd man. He is Of
more service to his people under
the sod than OH top Of it.-Rich-
mond (Va) Planet. That is our
eternal gospel, preach it in the
valleys and on the mountain tops.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02

President Wilson fer the good
Of his country and the story history
will tell the future about himself,
ought to change his decree that Ne
goes may register to fight, but net
to vote.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02

For years it has been Our belief
that too many American mission
aries have never read that Char
ity begins at home,' or they believe
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-06-02

Who will win in this seemingly
to be worldwide bloody war;? AS
we see it, whoever rules the sea.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
CARROTS USEFUL FOR STOCK
Best Use of Crop Made by Feeding
to cattle-Good Results Secured
In Feeding to Horses.

Dairy cattle can make better use Of
carrots than any other class of farm
live stock, although they can be fed
to the horses with good results. 1t
might also pay to feed limited guam
titles of them to the hogs, while they
are an excellent feed for all classes
of sheep. Unless the cows are receiy-
ing silage they will make good use
of 10 or Is pounds of these roots daily
and If receiving silage the addition of
four or five pounds of carrots to the
ration will be beneficial. Two or three
times a week the horses may be given
few pounds each of the sliced roots.
They are relished greatly by these ami
mails and in limited quantities have
good effect on the bowels. Like most
roots and tubers, carrots are too bulky
TO make an especially good feed for
hogs, but few added TO the ration
from time to time, if the animals prove
to like them, will add to it's palatabil-
ity. Sucking ewes and growing lambs
can be given an amount of carrots
equaling the grain ration with good
results. Given under proper condition
to the various classes of farm live stock,
carrots provide a valuable though usu-
ally rather expensive source of feed.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
First Learned Enemy's Language
Says Correspondent of
London Times.
PREPARE WITH GREAT CARE
Affair Moves on With UnfaIterine Pre-
acknowledgment of officers
Formed by Guesswork From
AirpIane Photographs.

London.-A Times correspondent
with the British army in the field
writes the following description of a
raid on German trenches made on the
Somme front:
A full account of the raid made by
Canadians on the German lines near
Calonne on January II serves to show
that the raid, though soon over, re-
ceived much care from the staff Off
GERS and the men who carried it out.
The Canadian lads were set to study
ing the German language and acquired
some phrases, such as "Raus" and
another phrase explaining that if the
Germans stayed down they must ex-
pect the worst Immediately.
Our men hate the necessity of
bombing deep dugouts, full of the
frightened enemy, but the time is short
and bombing is necessary f orders are
not obeyed at once. A modest Cana
dian officer said he called down one
dugout six times, shouting in German
on this occasion.
Burned Battalion Orders.
81 didn't want to bomb" he said
81 knew the number below. Every time
shouted a voice replied, Yes" in
good English. At last out came a
German company commander, a ser
geant major, with four others. He
apologized for delaying and said he
had been burning the battalion orders.
He had only just time enough"
Three men were detailed to stay be-
hind and when the German wire was
reached to cut paths. 1t happened that
our guns made beautiful mess of
that wire. Nevertheless these three
cut the tangle into short lengths and
the shorter boys went over at eight in
the morning. After an active walk of
four minutes the first waves of raiders
was at the first line. In 20 minutes the !
second line was reached. The affair |
moved with unfaltering precision. The |
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
POULTRY WANT WATER FIRST
During Winter, First Thing Fowl Does
on Leaving Roost Is to Make
Search for Drink.

In winter, as in summer, the first
thing a fowl does when it leaves the
roost is to hunt the water pan, and
nearly the last thing before going on
the roost is to drink. If the water be
icy cold they will cut the drinking
short, but if warm they will drink
plenty. If the weather be freezing,
several times a day 1 go around with
the boiling tea kettle warming up the
water. About three in the afternoon,
hens hunt the shell or lime supply.
At any time in the day they pick at
charcoal. They will try to break this
up themselves, but will eat more of it
if you keep it hammered into tiny bits.
EXCHANGE.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
BrusselsLike I ombatNight

order that all cafes and concert halls
must be closed at eight o'clock In the
evening and that the merry Belgans
must go to bed at half-past eight. This
is hard blow to citizens who so much
enjoy night life.
after eight o'clock at night Brus-
sells is as silent and as dark as tomb.
The only sound heard is the heavy
tread of the Prussian soldiers on pa
troll duty. A few German restaurants
have permission to remain open until
midnight, and for the benefit of their
patrons, the main street car line can
run car once an hour.
''While many look upon this as a
joke, it has its tragic side, for thou
sands who made their living at night
working in the various places of amuse-
ment are now without a position. How
ever, citizens of Brussels are resource
full, and instead of enjoying themselves
in the evening they now do their own
singing, drinking and dancing in the
afternoon. The theaters all have matt
nee performances and the cafes and
dance halls do big business in the aft
ernoon. The closing down of all these
resorts after eight o'clock in the eve
ming has no doubt had its good effect in
the family circle, for many good wife
now has the pleasure of having her
husband home with her in the evening
something that never happened be-
fore. The order also has stimulated
reading of good literature and the vari-
Gus libraries have never had so many
calls for books.
City Like a Tomb.
'But, joking aside, Brussels is Ike
tomb. Save for the rumble of distant
guns on the Somme, walk through the
streets after dark is like walking in a
cemetery. Only a German can be out
after eight o'clock, and even he must
be ready to give good account of him
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
SPRING PASTURE FOR STOCK
Expensive Feed Bills Will Be Saved
and Milk Flow Kept Up-Rye
and Glover Favored.
Ry ]. G. WATsoN.)

Are you preparing for early spring
pasture? Early spring almost invari-
ably finds us short of feed. How are
you planning for that shortage? Early
pasture will save expensive feed bills
and help keep up the milk yield. A
good fall and early spring pasture Is
rye or a mixture of rye and crimson
clover. Early-sown rye gives con-
siderable feed in the fall but should
not be grazed too closely or the plants
may be winter-killed.
The clover crop makes about half
its growth during the last 80 days of
its grazing period, that is under nor
NAL conditions, so that it can be heav-
lily grazed during that time. This
should allow the permanent pasture
to get a good start before turning on
it and it will be stronger and provide
more pasture than if grazed early.
Late fall and early spring pasture
means cheaper production and larger
yields.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
Canadians Raid German Dugout

enemy's front line had been strength
ened and the assembly trenches man
ned with supports. Their losses were
heavier in consequence.
The judgments of the Canadian Of
ficers We're formed by guesswork from
airplane photographs. All proved cor
rect. Each Canadian by consulting his
watch recognized each particular Ger
man trench and did his appointed work
till all was over. A friendly snowstorm
masked the hOmeward journey. which
began one hour after the start.
Said a German noncommissfoned of
ticer sadly:
'If you had only come the day be-
fore you would have captured the corps
commander"
The prisoners, many of them Sile-
slams, surrendered readily. Two small
and one large ammunition dump were
blown up. The death roll inflicted was
as high as 300, including, it is thought.
a battalion commander. We took 100
prisoners, several machine guns and a
trench mortar. Our casualties were
light.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
is Different Now.
EAGLE IN $500 MILE FLIGHT
Carried Bottle From Montana to South
America in Nine Weeks
Journey.

Anaconda, Mont.-Flight of an eagle
caught and released at Choteau, Mont,
covered more than 300 miles in nine
weeks, according to word received
from Luis Felipe Rulda in the repub-
lie of Colombia.
P. B. Christian, route 1, box 62, Ell
Centric, Cal, while in ChOteau on
August 10 caught golden eagle in
his wheat field. He released the bird,
with a small bottle containing his name
and address the next day.
Mr.. Christian a few days ago re-
ceived a message from Luis Felipe
Rulda, in the republic of Colombia,
stating that RuIda killed the eagle on
October 90. The eagle flew 800
miles from Montana to the plains north
of Bogota.
When the bird was captured Mr..
Christian planned to keep it as a pet,
but it evinced such desire to get
away that he decided to mark it so as
to determine it's habits. Mr.. Christian
said that the bird was on its way
south when it landed in his field.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22

chester evening high school has been
successful under this method" he said.
1.-THE music takes off the fatigue and
the drudge of writing letters and COM
binations of letters and stimulates the
mind 1t helps TO create correct and
uniform speed, furnishing an exact
count for the operation Of letters and
thus furnishing rhythm.
Letters and numbers, particularly
capitals, are adapted to this. For some
letters written in four movements we
play fox trot. Others and most fig
ures require three movements, and the
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
MAKE YOUR PLACE DISTINCT
Give Farm Certain Good Characters
That Mark II From Other Homes
Along the Road.

Is your place distinctive? Has 1t
certain characters that mark it from
other homes on the road? How often
in giving directions for finding a place
along the road we locate a farm by
certain objects about the place, such
as an evergreen hedge, row of hard
maple, an implanted house, a dilapi-
dated barn, or a well-kept yard and
well-painted house.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22

A new school, which will be put into
operation next fall and run in cOnnec-
ton with the teachers college of Co
lumbia university, New York, will
eschew most of the things that now
characterize the elementary and sec
ondary education of children and teach
only practical" subjects.
The general education board, found
ed and endowed by John D. Rockefel-
Ter, has S35.0OO,O0O at its disposal to
devote to the new scheme of educat-
Ing children from six to nineteen years
of age. The new school will have no
formal discipline and teach as little
mathematics and grammar as possible.
The so-called culture" subjects will
be tabooed and stress will be laid
upon those subjects which will fit the
student for his life's work.
Otis w. Caldwell, now head of the
department of natural sciences in the
school of education of the University
of Chicago. will be the director of the
modern school.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22

have a setback when they are weaned.
If you want your calves to develop the
way they should, it will be necessary
to keep right on feeding them after
they are weaned. Develop your calf
In the first Is months Of his life, for
If you do not do 1t at this time
the chances are you never will.
The calf that loses his "calf fat
at weaving time will never de-
velop into the good individual that he
would have had he been grown prop
erly and not allowed to go back at this
period.
Heifers that are grown properly
should be bred at twenty to twenty
two months of age, so that they will
bring their first calf at about thirty
months of age.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
WEEDS ARE INJURIOUS

Weeds are injurious to man In
the following ways:
1. They crowd out the grow
ing crop.
2. They consume the moisture
necessary for a crop.
3. They consume the mineral
or other food elements essential
to a crop.
a. They pull down the crop.
8. The seeds are difficult to re-
move.
6. They harbor insects.
z. They harbor parasitic fungi.
8. They prevent the proper Gull
tivation of the soil.
8. They may cause conditions
which breed disease.
10. They may poison the soil.
IL. They stop drains.
y. They poison animals and
! man.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
APPLE TREES FOR FIREWooD
Cut Down All Undesirable Specimens
to Keep Family Wam-SaVe Ma
teFial for Handles.

It is fact that there are thousands
of apple trees in this country that
would make first-rate firewood, but
as fruit bearers they are miserable fail
ures.
Cut down all such. If any have ma
teriaI for handles for tools, OF course
save the timber.
Use the rest to keep your family
warm these blustery days.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
VARIETIES OF LITTLE CORN
Flint and Flour Unpopular on Account
of Many Small Ears and Difficulty
of Harvesting.

Flint and flour varieties of corn fire.
ouently produce heavier yields than
dent varieties under droughty condi-
tons.
They are unpopular, however, on ac-
count of the many small ears and the
difficulty of husking. When harvested
nv animals this difficulty is overcome,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
CARE OF BEEF CALVES
Little Attention at Right Time
May Save Animal.
Teach Them to Eat Grain Early in
LIfe-Youngster Should Be Devel-
oped in First Eighteen Months
of His Career.

By W. l. BLIZZARD, Department of
Animal Husbandry, Oklahoma A. and
NJ. College, Stillwater.)
Take good care of your calves, for
If you lose one you have lost the use
Of your COW for whole year. A
little extra care and attention at the
right time may mean the saving of
the calf.
When the calves are seven or eight
months old, wean them, for the cows
need short vacation in which to build
up the next calves they are to drop.
The calves should be taught to eat
grain early In life, so that they will not
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
PoTHo0KS MADE TO MUSIC
New Method of Teaching Penmanship
in High School Uses Fox
Trot.

Roston.-The successful use of pho
nographic music as an aid to writing
instruction was described by L. NJ
Rand. an instructor in the English
high school, to the New England PEN
manshIp association. Music acts as
speed guide for the writer, he said.
"TeachIng penmanship in the Dor
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
BIG LOSS BY DETERIORATION
Says Expert of Ohio Station-No
Best Time for Task.

Lack of paint causes a greater an
nual loss through deterioration than
the aggregate fire loss in Ohio for the
past 10 months" asserts Virgil Over
holt of the agricultural extention de-
partment. Ohio state university, in
urging the farmers of Ohio to apply
paint frequently and literally.
There is no best time to paint, as
many think, but care should be taken
that the paints are carefully mixed and
well rubbed into the cracks in the
weather boarding.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
LAMPS FOR HENS so
THEY WORK LONGER

Nez Perces, Idaho.-Gasoline
lamps are used by Mrs. w. II.
Baringer to lengthen the work
ing day of her hens. Mrs. Bar
niger lights the lamps at six
o'clock in the morning in the
winter months and keeps them
lighted until $50 p. m. In this
way she says she Increases the
egg output of her fOcks.
Mrs. Baringer says a hen
can't see to scratch her dinner
out of the litter before s a. m.
nor after 8 80 p. NJ, which leaves
Biddy only ~ hours for work.
By adding to the hens working
hours, Mrs. Baringer declares,
the efficiency of the egg-makfng
machine is increased.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
KEEP FARM EQUIPMENT BUSY
Prosperity Begins When Farmer Real
ICES He Is Business Man-Fac-
tory Conditions Prevail.

The aim of factory is to keep the
equipment busy as many hours in the
week and as many weeks in the year
rs possible. The same needs to be
done on the farm.
Prosperity begins when the farmer
realizes that he is a business man and
that his farm is factory.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
REMEDY FOR WORMS IN HOGS
Feed Nothing for Twenty-Four Hours
Then Give Tablespoonful of Tur-
pentine and Oil.

A remedy for worms in hogs is to
feed nothing for one day and then to
a 1O0-pound hog give a tablespoonful
of a mixture of half turpentine and
half raw linseed oil or castor oil. The
dose for smaller pigs should be pro-
portionately reduced Always keep
where the hogs can get it, wood ashes
and salt, using about half bushel of
ashes to five pounds of salt. Cob ashes
will do just as well.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
Due to Drink.

Chicago.-Ninety-fiy per cent of the
eases in the court of domestic rela-
lions during 1916 were due to drink.
The courts annual report lists the
causes as follows: Drink, 90 per
cent; other women. 8 per cent; inter-
ference of mother-in-law 1 per cent;
other causes, 1 per cent.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
Hog Ate Pile of scran Iron

Beaver Springs, Pa.-Dory Hum
NELL killed a hog recently that weighed
500 pounds but puzzled all conserva-
tive weight guessers as to where it
carried the weight. When the stom-
ach was opened 60 ten-penny nails and
six pieces of hoop iron were found.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
BREAK HORSE OF BAD HABIT
Put Animal in Box Stall, Using Saw
dust or ShaVlngs for Bedding
Feed Hay at Night.

Allow a horse that eats his dung
box stall, and bed it with sawdust or
planing-mill shayings See that the
horse is worked or actively exercised
every day.
Do not feed any hay at noon, and
feed 1t literally at night. If this
doesn't suffice, sprinkle the manure
With Borosene until he stops eating it.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
N.uro lssued Eake Divorce WrIts.

Little Rock, Ark.-W. Il. White, a
negro stenographer, has been arrest
ed here, on charge of having issued
1000 fake divorce writs. It is said
White defrauded negroes of the state
ont of several thousand dollars.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
PLAN FOR BURNING STUMPS
Two Holes Are Bored Into Wood So
That They Will Intersect-Live
Goals Start Fire.

For burning the big stumps of fir
and similar timber in the Pacific north
west two holes are bored so that they
will intersect deep within the wood.
A 11a-inch auger is used in making the
holes. The bark is skinned off be-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22

self. Occasionally the rumble Of sup
ply and ammunition wagons going to
the front is heard in the streets, and
they look like specters as they disap-
pear in the fog Of the night. A few
nights ago a Zeppelin passed over the
city, and her propellers made such a
noise that they awoke nearly the whole
city. Almost every window in the city
was opened and faces were seen peer
ing out into the darkness, but the Yep
pelin quickly disappeared. Then the
city went to sleep again."
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22

tween the two holes. Red-hot Goals are
pushed down the holes to the intersec-
ton and the fire is started well within
the stump. After the part marked "a"
is burned out the fire is kept up by
means of litter, bark and chunks.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22

South African mines are expert
menting with dust-layiug prepare
ton which has molasses as its base.