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CT i. . MANY HOMELESS J! THIRTY THOUSAND PERSONS SUF. i FER FROM FLOOD PROPERTY LOSS RUNS HIGH GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS INVES , . TIGATE AND REPORT Flood Coverrs 2,000 Square Miles. Estimated Damage $10,000,000 Danger Zone Moves Southward From Missouri State Line - Thirty thousand perBOHB homolesa, 2,000 squaro miles of country inundated thirty persons drownod and a fluanciaJ loss of $10,000,000, constitutes the re sult of a two weeks' flood in the Mis sissippi valley. Theaq figures woie arrived at Sunday night by government engineers and officials on the state leveo boards engaged in combatting the ravaging sweep of the Mississippi river from points in Illinois to threat ened places in Mississippi nnd Arkan sas. Hundieds of persons still are men aced by the tremendous tide of tho river at Vpoints in lower Missouri, northwestern Tennessee and AiTmn sas; they are marooned in hous tops, in trees and on anchorod rafts directly Jn the sweep of the lampaging rivor, "Conservative judgment at Memphis Sunday night is expressed in the be lief that tho great majority of these flood prisoners willbe lescued. Danger Zone Works South. Hourly the danger zone wofts south waid. In the upper reaches of the Ohio and Mississippi Sunday night tho river practically is at - a standstill. This means that the flood's creBt now is ex erted on the dykes fiom the Missouri lino southward. GREAT ENGLISH STRIKE HAS COME TO AN EN& Miners of That Country Ordered Back To Work By the Officers of the Unions ' London. The decision of the min ors' federation Satuiday afternoon to order tho men to roeume work has .brought intenso relief to tho whole country. The termination of tho coal strike virtually amounts to raising a ruinous siege on the nation's indus tries which has inflicted financial loss bj far larger than would have been J"fc.ed by war with a groat power Iff-similar duration. Atfi acotiana tne miners returneu "tVftho collieiies on Monday but as thai day is a holiday in England and Wales, the strikers did not re turn until Tuesday. In many parts two or thiee days more will elapse before lepairs can be completed. By the end of the week, however, it is ex pected every colliery will bo in full swing, Davenport Seeks Webb's Release Washington. (Representative Dav enport of Oklahoma filed in tho United States supremo court application for a wiit of habeas corpus with a view of obtaining tho release from the county jail of Muskogee, Oklahoma, of Charley Wbb, indicted for introduc ing liquor into Craig county, Oklaho ma. The case is designed to tiy the dispute as to wbothoi the fedeial law of 1897 relating to tho sale of liquor in Indian territory has been repealed by Oklahoma. x Miss Mercy Gets $2,500 Verdict Chicago Tho jury in the case of Miss Esther Mercy in her slapder suit -against Miss Marion Talbot, dean of. - women at tho University of Chicago, f?r $100,000 damages, rotunipd a vor- diet giving the plaintiff judgment for $2,50Q. 1 , . 331-3 Per Cent Dividend. New Yoik. Directors of tho West InglhouBO Air Brake company lecom mended a stock dividend of 33 1-3 per cont subject to the vote of stockhold ers at a moeting to bo hold on April . " 24.,, This would incieaso tho capital etook to about $20,000,000. It was 1 stated that the dividond or increased qfopjtaliaation would bo proportionate to t,ho issue. Cement Company Elects V , " Hartshorne, Okla. Tho Choctaw 'Portland Cement company a), its an nual election named these ofllcors: C. 33. Blako, president; J. B. Wostbrook, first vice president; B. B. Allison, r "Second vice president; E H. Jayno, treasurer, D, W. Keller, seorotary. Will Push Panama Bill Washington. IJecauno of urgent necessity for making preparation for the opening of the Panama canal, the lioflso Saturday agreed to put abend the bill presiding lor the opwrotiou, government and sanitation of .the-big ditch and the canal zone BACKACHE IS DISCOURAGING Until You Get After The Cause Nothing more dis couraging than a constant backache. Lamo when you awako. Painsplerco you when you bend or lift, It's hard to work, nr in vast. I You sleep poorly nnd next day is tho same old story. I dlcates bad kidneys ana cans lor somo. ivrtnrl lflilnnvrnmnflr I Nnnn fin wnll rnn- ommonded nsDoan's -J Kidney Pills. Grato ful testimony Is convincing proof. uc c a uuuiiici Svcry Picture Typical vase JLCtlaaiiCorv" Mrs. I). K. Joffers, Colfax, "Wash., says: "For two weeks I had to bo propped up in bed and I lo9t B0 pounds in weight 1 was in a terri ble condition, in fact, I camo very near dying. As a last roBort I be gan using Doan'B Kidney Pills. Since then I have gained back my lost weight and feel wonderfully improved." AT ALL DEALERS 50c. a Box SKidney Pills DUTCH VIEW. First Dutch Comedian Necessity vas der murder of convention. Second Dutch Comedian Yaw und invitation is der slacerest flattery. Medical Genius. An old doctor, seeing a young one who was going along the streot with half a dozon shabby-looking men and women, called him aslde'und asked: "Who aro all those people, and where are you going with them?" "I will tell you in confidence," was the reply, "that I've hired them to come and sit in my reception room. I expect a rich patient this morning, nd I want to mako an Impression on him." Judge's Library. Somo Are So By Nature. A certain young man who prided himself on a brusqueness that he mis took for wit, met an eminent, but touchy, sculptor at a studio supper. "So you're tho chap," he said, on being introduced, "that makes mud heads?" "Not all of them," the sculptor re plied, quietly. Youth's Companion. Lumbago, Rheumatism and Chilblains There is nothing that gives so quick benefit as Hunt's Lightning Oil. Tho very minute It is rubbed on tho Im provement is noticed. For over thirty years this Liniment has been acknowl edged to bo tho best for these troubles. Evory druggist will recommend It Price 2Bo and BOc per Bottle. Quiet, As a Rule. "What sort of town is Squldge vllle?" "The sort of town where a funeral la a social event." A splendid and highly recommended remedy for tired, weak, inflamed eyes, and gianulated eyelids, is Paxtine An tiseptic, at druggists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on receipt of price by Tho Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass. We always feel sorry for a stutter ing man who is trying to put in a good word for himself. titt.tts rnnnn tv n Tn 1 1 tavi VonrrtnjKirtut will rurund money If I'AZO OINT- Kjjtut will rurund money If I'AZO OINT fu to jure onr caw "of IiBUlntfr mind, or Protruding Piles fn 6 to 11 days. 60 MUBT Hill! Bluodlnu or Tho more a trust magnate wnnts tho less tho other fellow feeta. rinlc Eye" la Eplonilo in tho Spring. Try Murine Eye Remedy for Reliable Relief. The man who argues with hi3 wife is ono kind of an Idiot. It Youru ! fluttering cr raw rmffrY tB i if m i WHY PEOPLE GO TO CANADA Thoso who are wondering why tho number of Americans going to Canada year by year increases fn tlio rates that it does, would nc. bo so s'urprised wcro thoy to accompany ono of tho numerous excursions that aro being run under tho auspices of the Govern ment from several of tho states, and remain with tho settlor "Until he gots onto tho free homesteads, which, as stated by Speaker Champ Clark, in tho U. S. senate tho other day, comprises 1C0 acres of tho most fertile soil and with remarkably easy settlement con ditions. Then watch tho results, whethor It bo on this free homestead of 100 acres or on land which ho may purchase at from $15. to $20. per acre, fully as good as tho $100. and $150. per aero land of his nativo state, and which his means will not permit his purchasing. On tho part of the mom bors of tho U. S. 8enato and Congress there is nothing but praise for Canada. Canadian laws and Canadian landB al though tho reasonablo deslro is shown In their remarks, that thoy pass legis lation, (which is Tery praiseworthy) that will mako the land laws of tho United States much easlor. It is tho auccesB of tho American settler in Canada that attracts others, and when experiences such aBthe fol lowing aro related to tho friend "back home" la It any wonder that increased interest Is aroused nnd a determina tion arrived at, to participate in tho now-found way up in Canada that means wealth and health and all that accompanies It William Johnston, who formerly lived at Alexandria, Minn., settled in tho Alberg District near Battle River and in writing to one of tho Canadian Government agents, located in tho United States says: "We have had no failures of crops during our nine years in Canada. I threshed 1208 bushels of wheat and 1083 bushels of oats in 1911, off my 160 acres. This is a beautiful country. I keep six good work horses and milk seven cowb, getting good prices for butter and eggs. We got our coal for $2.00 per ton at tho mine, about one mile from the farm. Am about ono ond a half miles from a fine school. As for tho cold weather it Ib much milder hero than in Minnesota, whore I lived for 21 years. Our well is 35 feet deep and we havo fine wa ter. Wild land is selling for' $18. to $25. per acie. Improved farms aro much higher. I am well satisfied with tho country, and would not sell unlesB I got a big price, as we havo all dond well here." Good reasons to account for the number going to Canada. His Number. He gazed tenderly Into her eyes as she spoko. "Life," she murmured dreamily, "is, after all, nothing but a romance in which wo are characters, moving hith er and son as the supreme author of our bolng directs." "And In the novel of your life," said ho tenderly, "whero do I como in?" "You," she answered with a smile. "Oh, you are lot me see one, two, three you aro Chap Seventeen." Harper's Weekly. Demand for New Alloy. Although tho early expectations of the wholesale substitution of alum inum for steel and iron havo not ma terialized, tho demand for tho new al loy has grown enormously. From a production in the United States of less than 100,000 pounds In 1883, in 1893 tho output had grown to 350,000 pounds, 1903 to 7,500,000 pounds and today it is in excess of 50,000,000 pounds. In a Hurry. Magistrate What is tho chargo against this old man? Officer Stealing some brimstone, your honor. He was caught In tho act. Magistrate (to prisoner) My aged friend, couldn't you havo waited a few yearB longer? Corner In Wealth. "X am oppdsod to tho concentration of wealth." "I am with you. Thoso parlor car porters ought to bo made to give up somo of their money." Thoro are men who see that dignity may bo disgraced, and who feel that dUgraco may bo dignified. Bollng broke Aa we grow more Bensiblo wo refuse drug cathartics and taku instead Nature's herb euro, Gaifluld Tea. A man isn't necessarily worthless because his neighbor is worth more Tho moro a man expects the more ho will bo surprised if ho gets It WNb, "RgNOVIMC." MUul fcy THE PEEVISH CHILD NEEDS TREATMENT When a child sulks drowsily, ,or its fretful, It Is usually duo to oomo slight disorder of tho digestive organs, and a mild laxatlvo is vory often all that is necessary to restore chooxfulaoss and buoyancy of spirits. In cases whore the uso of a gentle, effective laxatlvo stimulant is indi cated, many of tho best physicians aro now prescribing Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This preparation is admitted ly tho perfect laxatlvo, being mild, yet posltlvo In its action on tho bowols, and far prefoinblo to violent cathart- Icb and purgative wnters. It is very i ploasant to tho taste and is an ideal ' romody to rcgulato and strengthen tho stomach, liver and bowols. Its easy, natural action makes it especially do slrablo in tho case of chlldron, a doso at bed-timo bolng suro to havo the de sired result next morning, with no at tendant unpleasantness or discomfort. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin 1b sold by druggists ovorywhoro In GOc and" $1.00 bottles. If you havo never tiled this splendid remedy, wrlto to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 201 Washington St , Mon tlcollo, 111., for a sample. Ho will bo vry glad to Bond a trial bottle with out any expense to you whatovor. To Take a Different Route. "Slstern and brethren," exhorted Uncle Abraham, a recent promotion from tho plow to tho pulpit, "on do ono side or dis hero meetin' houso is a road loading to destruction, on do udder is a road .gwlne to hell and damnation. Which you gwino pur soo? Dar is tho internal question Which Is you gwino pursoo?" "Law, Brer Abraham," spoko up Sis ter Eliza from tho back pew, "I speck 1'm.er gwino homo troo do woods!" Llpplncott's. Nothing disappoints somo women moro than to find that a scandal isn't after all. It's difncult for a man who Is broke to break into society. 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