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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

maker, who has not only her Christ
mas dinner to plan and supervise, but
she must decorate the house with sea-
sonabe green's and scarlet berries. III
fact, there is no season thai demands
so urgently embellishments that be-
speak the most beautiful of religious
festivals, the birth of Christ
Red is pre-eminently the Christmas
color, but it is more effective when
combined with green. Holly, winter
berries, cranberries and the beautiful
poinsettia, which in many parts of the
world is known as the Christmas flow
er, are the favorite bits of scarlet that
lend bright and CHEEKY notes Of color
TO rooms and churches.
And then bunch of mistletoe must
hang somewhere-this strange little
wax berry that has so many sentimen-
tai superstitions connected with it.
Plenty of green should be used in all
decorations. as it hightens the brill
lance of the scarlet, and it should be in
this instance as il all others nature
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

or glass. A large one should be placed
In the centre on either red and white
or an all white embroidered centre
piece, and smaller vases at the corner
of the table.
Gorgeous, indeed, will be table em
bellishment that has been arranged fo
a Christmas dinner. Covers are lai,
for ten. A lace centered cloth, whicI
also has border of lace inset in tn
top, the cloth designed to be used OIL
a round-topped table, is to be mount
ed on an undercloth of scarlet libert
satin. The centrepiece is to be larg'
urn-shaped silver bowl, filed witt
maiden hair fern. Four triple silve
candelabra with red satin lining tn
silver shades and a few small silve
dishes will be the only other settings.
inexpensive and pretty is a larg
bowl of holly, used as centre EN-
bellishment. and over it hung on tn
gas fixtures four wreaths, tied to
gether with a large bow of scarle
ribbon.
In selecting a menu for the Christ
mas dinner, select as many viands a
suggest the seasons color as possible
Even the bonbons can be colored RED
For instance, Hungarian peppers cal
be chopped fine and sprinkled owe
the anchovy canapes; lobster fare
served in the shells as fish course
this naturally following the soul
course; a stuffed tomato salad, serves
after the turkey and cranberry jelly
the plum pudding thickly studded will
candied cherries.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

year. This is the season when unsel-
fishness reigns supreme, self-forgetful-
ness is universal, for everybody is
planning to give pleasure to others.
No one is buster than the home
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17
CHRISTMAS.

By Lady Lindsay.
Wen Jesu was a little child
He slept on Mary's knee and smiled
She rock'd Him on her knee.
$50 pray you hearken, gentles all,
And give us cheer in house and halD,
She rock'd Him on her knee. 4
NOVEL;, Novel;" the angels sung,
The dumb beasts spake in unknown tong.'
For Benedicite.
$50 pray you hearken, gentles all,
And give us cheer in house and halD,
Fer Benedicite.
The shepherds flute gave merry sound,
With hollies green they strewed th'
ground,
For JOY the Christ to see.
$50 pray you hearken, gentles all,
And give us cheer in house and halD,
Fer JOY the Christ to see.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

from it large holly wreath. Then
let the rope drop about three feet and
carry it up again to the molding, faS
tening it there, and allowing the enda
10 fall to the mantel shelf. If more
color is desired the wreath can be tied
with red ribbon, allowing the ends to
hang well down on the chimney breast.
Large doorways or arches can be en-
bellished in the same manner.
Even the simplest homes should have
some emblem distinctive of the season,
and if wreaths and evergreens ready
to be put to immediate use are too
costly, the loose holly in large branches
can be obtained and used as it is,
tied in punches, or can be made into
wreaths by deft fingers and a little
wire.
The market is flooded with imitation
evergreen that looks like stage grass,
but it is devoid of either significance
or beauty, consequently it has no deco
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17
A CHRISTMAS CHIME.

Ring joyously, We Christmas bells, a.
Danish all thought of funeral knells
And requiems whose music swells
Through sylvan glades and gloomy dells,
Till echo on the hills is signing
Over another year that's dying;
Though on the ground its shroud is lying,
OF pure white snow, loose We your roar
And ring your chimes for rich and poor,
In crowded town, on lonely moor,
Touch human hearts and homes, and chez.
The desolate; and bid men stay
Their angry strife, and hive their life
Anew; for life is but day,
And soon, too soon, will pass away;
As yonder painless white will disappear
Beneath mems footsteps in the coming year
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17
Christmas Location.

She-"Sometimes l wish that Christ
mas came little later in the season."
He (testily)-"So do l. / wish it cami
on the 30th of February"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

UMAN hearts if not hui
man tongues are even now
saying Merry Christmas"
and the next few days will
ha the hanpieSt in all the
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

THE HOLLY AND THE IVY.
The holly and the ivy
Now are both well grown,
Of all the trees that are in the wood
The holly bears the crown.
The rising of the sun,
The running of the deer,
The playing of the. merry organ,
The singing of the choir.
The holly bears blossom
As white as the lily flower,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
To be our Saviour.
The holly bears berry
As red as any blood,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
To do poor sinners good.
The holly bears prickle
As sharp as any thorn,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
On Christmas Day in the morn.
The sun., 1903-10-18
GAMBLING IN MEXTCO.
Most OF Them VIII DO It, So the States
Let II Go On.
From the Hartford Courant


Martin Stecker. who publishes a weekly
paper in I.inares, Mexico. is in jail there.
Il am at present in jail" he writes, for CEN
suring in my paper the Mayor and town
clerk for keeping COWS and hogs in their
yards and letting the water run through
bitches in town. without sufficient fall to per-
nit their being flushed. thus causing water
to stngnate and ultimately to bring about an
epidemic Of yellow fever Of such virulence
that think it could not be any worse"
Editor Stecker has been living among
the Mexicans for a dozen years now, and
he testines that the love OF gambling is born
in them Everybody buys lottery tickets.
The chief attractions at all Mexican fairs are
the bulfghts and the gambling games. When
he was new to Mexican ways the gambling
in Linares astonished him. He knew it was
contrary to Mexican law. vet he saw games
running in the town hall itself and in school,
houses. Another thing that puzzled him
was n monthly announcement OF this sort
in the official paper Of Nuevo Leon: Sew
eral public spirited people OF this city have
given 81, 333 ~ toward the construction OF
the State capitol building" Being in Mon
terey one day he asked the commissioner Of
schools about it. That frnctionary ex-
planned that the queer looking gifts were
monthly installments OF the sum demanded
and paid for the exclusive gambling house
privilege in the city.
That's the sort OF thing that Is going on
pretty nearly all over Mexico except in the
Federal district tthe capital and its environ
mcnt. where President Diaz is enforcing
the law, and where four government clerks
were summarily bounced the other day for
throwing dice. The Governor of Tamaulipas
is one of the best men in the republic-edu
Gated, enlightened. moral. no gambler and
no friend to gambling. Yet he recently
sold the exclusive privilege in Tampico for
$40 600 "a year, Editor Stecker demonstrated
with him in the paper and personally. AS
every one will gamble. no matter what laws
arc made" said Gov, Pedro ArRuelles. 1T
s my opinion that it is better for the gamblers
to pay their cash to the State direct rather
than to corrupt the Judges and the police
with hrihns to shut their eNes"
The sun., 1903-10-18

board large er ough to connect all the lines.
The operator OF the county lines is to take
care of the village board, and the farmer
owning his own telephone and lines, is TO
pay only his share in the cost Of operating
this switchboard. He can be connected
with any other subscriber in any other will
lage in the county at the ten-cent rate,
but in his own village he has unlimited
service at nominal cost.
The company will oven carry the farmers
lines on it's poles - toUioEds that under
this system the iaru,r willing to build his
own lines can have to cphone service at
lower than postaG" rates.
The cost Of eouirmert, including labor,
il figured out at ST cach for thirty-six
telephones within a mile of the central
office and tho cost OF maintenance at a
dollar a month each That, the promoters
of the scheme say, is practically all that
will be required,
All this Is in the air yet but the promoters
are confiGe ent that they can carry out their
plans in time and that before very long.
In five years the farmers telephone
lines in InGiana have grown from few
hundred to more than 10000 Instruments.
OHIO has about $4,000, Michigan about
~ 900. AMI other States are falling into line.
These Things. it is argued. all show that
the American farmer appreciates adyan-
tages when they come his way.
As an awful warning against the older
companies 1t is pointed out that here In
New York it costs 20 cents to send
message from Manhattan 10 The Bronx.
Street car service over the same route
s only five cents So that il costs four
times as much to send the voice between
the boroughs al it does to send mes
senger.
The sun., 1903-10-18
WHISKEY Law PUZZLES.
Mr. wright building BarrOoms and the
school Directors SchOolhouses.
From the Nashville Banner.

From the Nd8hrtHT banner.
CovINGToN. Tenn. Sept. ?s.-Centennial
Island. in the Mississippi River. which Is
situated about forty miles from Covngton
and about the same distance from Memphis,
will be the only place in Upton county after
Oct where whiskey will be sold by any
person claiming TO have the legal right
to sell liquor. II is n debatable question
whether the right exists to sell whiskey on
that island that is, whether there is n point
on the island which is five miles from schoo
house. Whiskey has been sold there for years
on the theory that there was such point on
the island
At the last session of the County Court
n survey was ordered to be made from the
saloon of W. f. Wright on the island to the
nearest schoohouse. Tho survey showed
that his saloon was something over three
miles from the schoohollse on the island.
which would. OF course, bring IL under the
operation of the four-mile law Wright
was accordingly indicted at the July term
of the Circuit Court for violating the four
mile law and is now under a $3.50 bond to
appear at the November term of the court.
Several days ago he secured a license to sell
liquor and is now running saloon on Gen.
tennial Island He claims to have moved
his saloon more than mile from his former
place of business and that he ia now more
than five miles from n schoolh ousc. and con-
seuusntly does not come with in the pro-
visions of tn" four-mIle law
II is said that the sch hool directors OF Cen
tenniaI Island will, in all probability, have
u schoolhouse erected near Wright's former
place of business. so that there will be no
point on the island that Ia more than four
miles from the schOolhousr.
The sun., 1903-10-18

by the low rates il will offer to secure twice
that number.
The plan is to organize the village inde-
pendent telephone exchanges into county
systems with ten-cen rate for all villages
and cities within a county, whether they
be ono or 100 miles apart, and a corre-
spondingly low rate for long distance calls
outside Of the county. 1t is argued that
with a rate 10 low telephoning will very
largely take the place of letter writing,
and that 80 large will be the number OF
subscribers that the large expense OF in
stalling the system will quickly be made
up despite the low rate.
To carry out this plan canvass Of coun-
ties is now being made. The people OF each
hamlet and village are being invited to
pledge certain amount Of patronage
conditional on the line being built. Where
a sufficient amount is pledged to warrant
installing the system. its projectors issue
coupons for the amount Of pledges. the
coupons to be redeemed at the ten -cent rate
when the line is built
That hasn't worked very well with some
OF the cautious farmers who want TO see
lust what tho telephone company can do
for them before pledging themselves to
pay for it, service So this plan Is being
adopted ,.
The men wEo want to build the trunk
line through the ate, with county systems
connecting with il. are offering to let the
farmers build their own telephone lines,
for which directions are furnished, and 10
supply to them in each village switch
The sun., 1903-10-18
DRESDEN POLICE.
In That City the Police Are Pefm1ses4
to Impose Small Fines.
From tho Philodslp phia Public Lsdssr

From the PhuodeIphso fnoNc LSo0SN
One advantage accrues to the respectable
member OF the community from the minute
ness with which the Dresden police look
into the affairs Of every inhabitant Of the
city. II he Is careful man and slwsys car.
ries papers which may serve 10 establish
his identity, he 10 practically immune from
the indignity Of being arrested and marched
on to the police station unless, indeed, he
commits some especially hsinous crime,
Does he drive faster than the law permits.
does ne cross n bridge on the left hand side
or ride his bicycle through forbidden streets,
he ia stopped by the guardian Of law and
order and requested to give his name. II
he has his papers with him the policeman
may then and there impose Q hne Of frnIn
one 10 three marks II then he admits that
he is in the wrong and pays the fne the in.
cident ia closed. II. however. he wishes 70
appeal from the policeman declsion no
rested, but a day or two later no 70 notified
10 appear in court and answer to the charge
against him. But then II he Is found guilty
the lowest fine that can be imposed
Is three marks; That this custom o. per.
nitting the policeman. personally 70 impose
small fines IL little understood by foreigners
N shown by Il remark made to me q snort
time ago by "A gentleman VINO had hved ~
Germany the greater part OF his life ana IN
Dresden for n number OF years. IN
ever any question OF corruption In tue poiice
depart m"nt he replied s.I.
No none whatever as far as the higher
officers hre concerned; The indivlouai nisn,
instance, il ! were to walk on the nass ~
the Grosser Garten and a policeman csuan,
me M il, / would give him : marx - s~o
and that would end the matter 4
The sun., 1903-10-18
TRAVELLING IN COLOMBIA
4 Drummer's story Of . Stolen Fleet and
Naval Battle Up the Magdalena.

Charles H. Mullett. a Chica go drummer,
who is now in New York on his way back
TO Chicago from tour of South America,
tells some exciting stories of his advent
ures in Colombia during the recent insur-
rection of the Liberals
Il started, he said, to go up the River
Magdalena in a small river steamer. There
was only one other passenger-a quiet.
amiable young man, who afterward turned
out to be a Liberal leader in disguise.
when we had gone two days up stream
We found that trouble was brewing. Every
one on the banks had taken up arms on one
side or the other. and was stealing his
neighbo boris cattle and horses for the good
of the cause, We heard that in town
just ahead the Liberals had risen in obedi-
ence to a pronunciamento and had seized
six steamers and gone up stream.
sour skipper was an American and
wanted peace. but that commodity seemed
just as unlikely to be found down stream as
up, so we kept on our course. The result
was that at noon next day we fell into the
hands of three revolutionist steamers
which We're annbusaed round bend OF the
river.
"Ther crews swarmed aboard and in
vited us with rifles to Join them We Joined |.
and had three days naval maEBlvres,
which consisted of pillage. am sorry l
had no camera, the scenes were so inter-
es,ing.
After three days we. having the fast
est steamer, dodged round another branch
Of the river and escaped; and when we tied
up for the night we thought we were safe.
Our delight did not last long, for my ami
able young fellow passenger, who had
assumed command Of our captors, came
after us with thirty truculent bandits in
canoes and retook our ship during the
niyht
AT my own request he kindly put me
ashore at woodpile in the lonely forest;
at least it was lonely except for two elderly
"1he ship, with lights out, dropped down
the river to join the rest of the fleet, having
left me rations for a couple of days--two
tins of lobster. two of sardines, pound Of
bread and half pound of chocolate.
After they had gone an Indian sneaked
out of the bush, and managed to bribe
him to put me across the river to village
where many canoes were kept. There l
hired two loaded my traps into them, and
with five men. fled all that night in pouring
rain and all the next day under a blazing
sky to Puerto Benio, the nearest place
where food was obtainable.
THE officer in command of the Govern
ment troops there, when he heard my pite-
ous tale, fitted out an expedition, convert
ing some river steamers into armed cruisers
by the use Of railway metals for armor
plates. With these he went down the river
to meet the enemy, who by that time had
gathered eleven steamers.
Those eleven were not enough. There
was a regular Trafalgar. and the revolu-
tionists had the worst Of 1t.
"All their boats we're sunk or captured
and they lost over $50 men. My amiable
fellow passenger got bullet through his
brain, and our skipper. who took no part
in the affair, but went down as passenger
got two through bis arm as he was quietly
reading Under Two Flags, which ! had
lent him, in his cabin"
The sun., 1903-10-18
TELEPHONES ON OUR FARMS.
NEW YORK STATE ISN'T BEHIND
THE MIDDLE WEST.
And There's Scheme Afoot for Hitchins
Together All the Little village Ex'
changes Into County systems with
Trunk Line to the Great City.

Anybody who may have supposed that
the farmers Of the Middle West, in taking
advantage Of the lapse of the fundamental
telephone patents TO rig up their own tele-
phones, got ahead Of the farmers OF New
York State doesn't know the up-Staters
recent number Of a telephone magazine
published in Chicago gives the number OF
Independent telephone exchanges in this
Stat" as 292, most of them used by small
country communities Ohio. where the in
d"p"Ndent telephone movement IL strongest. +.
har only 367 and Indiana $50. New Hamp-
sll,r" has only -, Massachusetts 80 and
New Jersey but ~.
Now movement ia under way to unite
t'"N" ird"pendent exchanges by building
"Ag ds'anc" trunk line from Buhalo to
N"" iorN city, rs'ablis ishng connections with
e"'h and a. This end with an independent
COMPANY wu'ci Processes 10 have secured
areldy contracts for 5000 telephones
Nj q partial canvas Of the city and expects
The sun., 1903-10-18
Coal to Burn.
From The Dpnrcr Rcpubiirnr

' TVHT wv ~ T7'TTT II T7T'"TTT
Sa mual Adams OF Steamboat springs called
Wilson OF the ~ Louis World s Fair board
and stated 10 Mr. Wilson thal he was prrpar-
ing 10 send in to the board for exhibition
purposes the largest piece Of conl on record
1t will be brought in from Routt county. and
IL weighs between eight and ten tons, II j.
a piece of pure coaI. withont single ,blemish,
and comes from i2-foOt vein OF = Ire coal
In one Of the mines In EOutt county.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
Ogden Briefs.

John Pingree returned yesterday to
Brigham
a baby boy has been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Dell Madseu.
The seat sale for the appearance of
Griffith in Macbeth goes on this morn
ing at the Grand opera house
In the district court yesterday Arthur
Mccain was sentenced to serve SIX
months in the state prison for house
breaking
A marriage license was yesterday is
sued to August Anderson, aged "a and
Miss Hepzibah Potter, aged 20, both of
West Weber.
William Driver. president of the city
council, viii leave this morning for Cali
fornia to be absent several weeks in
search of health.
l. J. Napier yesterday changed his plea
of not guilty of obtaining goods under
false pretenSes to one Of guilty, and viii
be Sentenced Friday next.
John T. Trip. 81 years Of age died
yesterday at the home of I. r. Terry. IN
Warren, of pneumonia. The funeral will
occur today at { o clock p. m
Al Herrick has accepted a position as
passenger brakeman on the Southern Pa
cific and viii resign his position with the
Ogden Rapid Transit company.
The condition of Lucien COnrOy was re-
ported last night as still quite serious
The young man has not recovered the use
of his lower limbs. Which have been
paralyZed since his fan on Monday from
the top of fruit car.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
MORTENSEN CASE SET
Arguments Asking For a New
Trial Will Be Made Next
Monday Morning.

The Peter MOTtensen murder case will
be argued before the supreme court Mon
day morning, the first day of the May
term of that august tribunal. The Nick
Haworth murder case, another action ap-
pealed from the death sentence imposed
by the lower court Will be also be. argued.
The latter case appears first upon the
docket.
Haworth appeals from Judge n. II.
Roiapp's court in the Second judicial dis
tr1ct- The state will be represented by
Attorney General NJ a. Breeder assisted
by Deputy Attorney General w r.
White. Weber & Braffet and j. NJ Ham
iiton viii argue in behalf Of the defend
ant The attorney generals office will
also appear for the state in the Morten-
sen case. Stewart & Stewart in behalf
of the prisoner.
The third case to be argued Monday
morning is that of the state ex rel Epson
vs. q Woltenden- an appeal from Judge
T MarlOneauX of the Fifth judicial dis
of the board of county commissioners of
Beaver county to attempt to consolidate
the offices of county assessor and county
treasurer. On Nov. T. 1867 WoIfenden
was county treasurer That fall the
county commissioners consolidated the
two above mentioned offices, and the
Democrats nominated y. P Epson for the
duel position. to which he was elected
Wolfenden refused TO relinQuish his office
on the grounds that his successor had
not been elected Judge T. Marioneaux
decided the consolidation Of the offices
legal and held that WOlfenden has not the
right to retain the office From that de-
ciSiOn ne appeals.