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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Germans Regard II Seriously.

Berlln.-The newspapers here
treat the assent of Premier Balfour
to Colonial Secretary Cham ~berlain's
plan for a preferential tariff with
the British empire, and Mr.. Cham.
berlain's second speech on this SUBJ
ject, asserious matters, saying that
anything which irritates British
feeling should be carefully avoided.
They argue quietly that Great
Britain. engaging in tariff hostili-
ties with Germany owe Canada
would lead to a trade controversy
with the rest of Europe and the
United States. The official attitude
is to wait ard see how Mr.. Chamber
lain's policy develops.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Noted Criminals Break Jail.

McThpis, Tenn.-A special to the
Scimitar from Jackson, Tenn, tells
of the escape from the county jail
there of four noted prisoners, all OF
whom were convicted ia Shelby
county. They are: Sam Miller,
wife murder, under sentence of
death; Lee Kahn and George Day,
hold-up men, sentenced to fifteen
years. imprisonment, George Car
roll, bank robber, sentenced to
twelve years IN the penitentiary.
The men sawed through a window
IN the second story of the Jail and
themselves to the ground with
blankets. A vigorous search, aided
by bloodhounds, is now in progress.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
LAY In TRANCE
TWENTY YEARS.
Marguerite Boyenal, a Woman of
France, Puzzled Science.
ONCE AWAKENED, SHE DIED.
She Was Kept Alive During Her Long
Sleep With Milk Baths and Milk
Taken InternaIly.--.Strange Sleep Said
to Have Been Caused by Fright.

New ork.-Marguerite Boyenal,
Of ThelIes, near San Quentin, who
had been ia a cataleptic state since
May Il, 1883, awakened Wednesday,
cables the Herald's Paris represent
alive. For some time past she had
beer suffering from pnthsis, and it
is believed the effect of this mala-
dy on her system conouced to her
reawakening.
She moved her hands on Satur-
day for the first time, and groaned
slightly.
When Dr.. Charter took hold OF
her arm she said: "You are pinch
ing me;'' and subsequently replied
to questions by YES and mo-
She was, however, in a state Of the
greatest weakness and gradually
sank, dying the day after awaken
ing.
Marguerite Boyenal's lethargy
was caused by fright. She had lad
a child, which died shortly after its
birth under circumstances which
led to the opening of a judicial in
vestigation. One day in May, 1883,
while Marguerite was ironing. a
neighbor said to her:
"The gendarmes are coming TO
arrest you."
Marguerite had a series OF fits and
gradually fell into a long slumber.
In 1896 the girl was described as
being white as a statue and corpse
like as q mummy; her body wasted
away almost to a skeleton, and her
| bones seemed to be covered with
parchment, instead of skin. The
body was rigid and oaly the pulse
beats showed that she was alive.
Life was sustained by washing the
body in milk every day, and pour
ing a few drops of milk or spirits
into the sleeper's mouth through a
reed. The mother allo we'd anyone
to see her for a small fee.
Many prominent physicians visit
ed the patient during her twenty
years sleep.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

The great ceremonials of the worlds
history, co%ronations, inaugurations,
even weddings. can be, and are re-
hearsed. The orator goes carefully
yer his periods, and plans to turn
possible Interruptions to his own adj
vantage; but for the real emergencies
OF life there is no rehearsal. The man
or woman meets the test, whatever it
may be, and stands or falls by it, with
no opportunity to try that particular
struggle again.
Henry Carter was thrown from his
moving machine the other day, and
terribly cut in the groin. When the
doctor came he said that the mans
life had been saved by the desperate
pressure of his daughters thumb on
the spouting artery. She had remem-
bered a lesson in physiology. learned
in school, and she had courage enough
to apply it at the critical moment. al
though she dropped in a faint when
the doctor took her place at her IA
theirs side.
When four-year-old Tommy Gates
fell into the river, there was one of
the boys with him who knew how to
drain the water from his lungs ard
bring him back to life again; yet he
had never before tried to help a drown
ing person.
1t was an impulse that forced Frank
Murphy to spring from the sidewalk
and seize the bride of a runaway
horse that in another moment would
have been trampling the life out Of a
score of school children; but the i'm
pulse had its roots far back in some
unknown deep of character.
"Ne-er show the choice momentous
till the Judgment hath passed by
Whether it is binding a wound, stamp
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
AMERICANS TOO BUSY.
So the Government Ordered Field Guns
Made In Germany.

80
Washington .-Some time ago the
war department ordered hfty 3-inch
field guns oil the new design and
type to be manufactured lie Ger
many. These guns are now prac-
tically completed and Capt John w.
Joyes, Of the ordinance department.
has been designated TO receive them
at Dusseldorf, Germany. A quar-
tity o. ammunition will be shipped
at the same time. The reason stated
for ordering these field guns trcm a
German manufacturer was that the
manufacturers In this country were
too busy to fill tie orders CT the
war department. Only Il out Of
twenty-scven firms responded to q
circular asking proposals, and this
q wanting two years within
which to nuke deliveries, against
sever months by the German hrm.
The arsenals Of the United States
were also crowded with work.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Cat and Snake Have a SCrap.

Parkersburg, W. Va.-A cat be.
longing to Sampson Alleman, of Tai,
lyhc. killed a .arge copperheao
snake after a vicious battle with the
reptile. The cat was wandering
around in the yard when it found
the snake coiled up ready to spring
The cat sprang first and aligtteo
on the back of the snakes neck. il
bit viciously, cut got away before
the snake could strike. These tao.
tics were repeated till tie snake
was worn out. wher the cat bit it to
death.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Millions of Snails.

Louisville. Ky.-New Albany las
been invaded by an army of snails.
The invasion Is not a sudden one.
Seven or eight years ago the snails
appeared In the northeastern por-
tion of the city and have gradually
spread throughout the city. This
Is the first season they have ap-
peared in the western and south
western portions. The snails are
not of the shell-bearing species.
They are Of ID loathsoEe, Shiny ap-
peara,ce. They are all sizes, raug-
ing fir Jm a quarter Of an inch in
lentgh to two and Une-half inches.
1t has been discovered that salt will
destroy the pest In the most expedi-
tious manner. Thousands Of them
are thus destroyed by the house
wives.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Atrocities Against Jews.

Peoria, Ill.-Samuel Woolner, Sr.,
in his capacity OF president of the
Union of American League of Jew
ish Congregations, in a personal in
terview at Springfield with Senator
CulluE, chairman of the committee
of foreign relations of the United
States senate, laid the matter Of the
atrocities against tie Jews by tie
Russians beforG him fully. Mr.. Gull
lum promised that he would per
sonally bring the matter to the at
tention OF President Roosevelt, whc
would be in Springfield in "a few
days, and the senator promised to
see him at that time.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Bondage Matter Again.

Montgomery. Aia.-One of the
negroes who was recently in bond
age to a white citizen of Good alter,
Ala, told what he knew of involun-
tarv servitude OF negroes which has
already caused the arrest OF two
promineA planters. The negro said
that he had been il bondage more
than a year on a chain gang near
Good water and all for a debt of SIS.
He told of a negro mar and woman
having been brutally whipped to
death. The names are withheld un.
til the United States grand jury ad
iourns.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Man With Indian Arrow in Him.

Washintgon.-After furtv years
former First Sergeant John Fogar-
ty, late OF tae First United States
cavalry. has decided to have extri-
Gated from his body a part of an ar
row which was shot into him by an
Apache on the edge of Death Val
ley, CAL, ir 1850. Fogarty, who is
attached to the Army Medical Mu-
scum, was taken down to the bar
racks and there underwear an X ray
examinati N. The part OF the ar
row was located, and it is to be cut
out,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
DawsOn's Desirable Dust.

Vancouver, B. ca special from
Mason says: Never before in the
history of banking in Dawson have
there been such heavy purchases of
gold dust as in the past few days.
The amounts purchased by the two
banks here, in connection With the
large amounts deposited for safe
keeping, will aggregate upward OF
1920. 900. Present indications are
that the Yukon output of gold this
season will exceed that OF last year
by from one to three million dol.
lars"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Negroes Flee Ia Terror.

Little Rock, Ark.-A special from
Pine Bluff says: A terrific cleo
trical storm here, accompanied by Q
heavy downpour of nail had the
effect OF stimulating the exodus oil
negroes who inclined to the belief
that the day of destruction prophe-
sled by the nergess. Ellen Burn ett
Jefferson, was at hard. Many left
on the first trains aud the streets
present a deserted appearance. Full,
~ ninety per cent of the negroes re.
siding here went out of the city.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Oh amberlain's Policy Applauded.

Misunderstanding Chamberlain's
recently announced protection poll
cy IS the ali prevailing topic of dis
cussion here. HIS masterful asser-
ton that he would make reciprocal
trade relations between the mother
country and her colonies the ques-
ton of the hour has been sensation
ally fulfilled. The people maintain
that the government contemplates
appealing to the country on prefer
emit Al trade and old age pensions
immediately after the close Of the
present session of parliament at the
beginning of August, while others
maintain that the government has
not the slightest Intention Of giving
up its unexpired term of office.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Last of Fair Buildings.

st. Louis. -plans aud specifca-
tons for the last of the Worlds
Fair big exhibit buildings, forestry,
fish and game, have been given to
the contractor. Tbs management
have decided that bicycles may be
brodght into the grounds by those
who ssek admission. but cannot be
ridden over the roads or pathways
within the grounds.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

little fingers will be in the scissors, rs
you will observe in Fig. 2. Now bring
your hands still closer together and
roll your knuckles outward, bringing
your hands toward you until the backs
meet, then downward and upward,
and the scissors, if YOU have mastered
the trick, will turn blades upward as
already explained in Fig. 3.
In handling the scissors be careful
that no II gets hurt by carelessly
tossing them toward the yes or face,
as some are apt to do unless warned
New York World.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

circle, all pointing toward the centre
Of the basin.
Touch the water at the centre with
a bit of soap. The matches at once
move away and form a larger circle
close to the edge of the basin. Take
ou the soap and dip a lump of sugar
in the water at the centre Of the basin.
The matches Immediately come back
and cluster about the sugar.
This simple and amusing experiment
illustrates two scientific principles. In
the first place every liquid acts in many
ways as if its surface consisted of a
tightly stretched elastic membrane or
skin. In other words, the liquid has
what Is called Surface tension" Now,
the strength of this surface tension, or
pull, is different in different liquids.
1t is stronger in pure water, for ex-
ample, than in soapy water. Conse-
Quently. when you dip the soap in the
water the tension at the centre and the
pull toward the centre are diminished
the stronger tension of the pure water
outside.
Again, if you dip a corner of a lump
sugar in water, the water, as you
know very well, rises rapidly and vets
the whole lump. In the same way
water rises in small tubes and oil in
lamp wicks.
"Capillarity" is the rea, name given
to such actions, but that long name
doesn't explain them a bit. We simply
.now that they occur-that water and
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Gen. Gordon Getting Better.

New Orleans. Col. A. r. Blakely
has received a message from Mrs.
John B. Gordon OF Atlanta, in ar
swer to his dispatch inquiring after
General Gordon's health. Mrs. Cor
don expressed thanks for the solici
tude and stated that the general il
constantly improving and is almost
we'll.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Colombia Will Reject Treaty.

Colon. Colombia. From a most
authentic aud semi-oficial source
from Bogota, the capital, it has
beer learned that the Colombian
congress is almost certain to reject
the Panama canal treaty in its pres
ent form. 1t il added that opsn op-
position to the measure is enconn-
tered everywhere.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

other liquids rise in small tubes and
through porous substances like lamp
wicks and loaf sugar.
But the water cannot rise in the
lump sugar without coming from some
where, and SO we have a current Of
water setting from the edge of the
bowl to the centre, all around, just as
IL VI were drawing water out of the
centre with a little pump.
The floating matches, of course,
move with the currents, and there you
have the explanation Of mystery num-
Der two.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Iron Wage Scale Signed.

Detroit, MIGHT'VE have signed
the iron wage scale for next year
end Industrial peace IN the iron
world Is assured for another twelve
mouths, said President j. t.
Shaffer, OF the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work
ers, after the closing session Of the
wage conference with the manufac-
turers committee.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
THE LITTLE, LITTLE FLOWER.

Such a little. little flower
Lay on my breast to-day;
Il held it but an hour
Ere they took it quite away
Twas so warn and pink and sweet,
i can almost feel it yet;
More than nee our lips did meet
Yet they think j can forget!
Tor this little, little flower
Was the baby from next door,
l could hold it for an hour
If I'd sit upon the floor.
1t has eyes like pansies blue,
And its cheeks are rosy-pink;
Oft | kissed it, and it knew
That l loved it well, L think.
Now this little, little flower
Curled its little hand in mine,
And for all that happy hour
| kept thinking oh! how fine
'Twould be, if l only dared
Ask to have a doll so dear
But they didn't think l cared,
So they left me sitting here.
Chicago Record Herald,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
FIJI MAGIC HAMMOCK.

Such a queer hammock 1t was. Some
times 1t was large enough to hold Bess
and Bennic and Bert, with plenty OF
and even Bert's little pug dog Popsey.
Then the next day 1t would be so small
that there was just barely for
one little child, with one little dolly OF
kitty. This is the way l found Out
about it:
One day Bert and Popsey were hav.
ing a nice swing in the hammock and
l sat IN the porch watching them.
Pretty soon Bess came out with Kitty
Grey in her arms, and said: LET us
get in, too, Bert"
NO" said Bert, "there isn't room
only just for Popsey and me-"
"Why, Bert" / said, that's very
strange. Is not that the same ham
mock that held all Of you this morn.
ing?'
"Yes'm." said Robert hanging his
head.
Il will tell you how i; is said grand.
ma, who sat by the window with her
knitting. ct is a magic hammock,
with q pickering string One fairy
always let's on the string as far as she
can and takes in all the children. She
is a good fairy and her name is Love.
The other is a bad fairy. called Selfish
ness. She always draws up the string
so tight hat only one boy OF girl, with
his own pet dog or kitty, can possibl.
squeeze in.s
Bert looked so red and ashamed Chat
l said. "Shall we call the other fairy,
Bertr' He nodded his head, and /
called softly: "Come. Love: come,
Love!"
And, If you will believe it, the mo-
ment | spoke the words the hammock
flew wide open, and Bess and Kitty
Grey sprang in. Bert's face was all
smiles, and the hammock swung so
gaily that 1 feared the children would
be tossed out.-The Round Table.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
A Good Firo Extinrui.her.

A very perfect fre-extinguishing
compound is made by mixing twenty
pounds of commoh salt. with ten
pounds of sal ammoniac In seven gal
Ions of water.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

ing out a fire, telling the truth. or re-
signing a self-forbidden pleasure, the
act that is effective comes from long
habit, painfully acquired and made a
part Of character.-Our Young Folks.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

The war department is giving at
tention to reports which have been
received in Washington from Ma
Ella to the effect that adulteration
of Manila hemp is threatening to
destroy the industry of hemp grow
ing, and it communicated with Gov
ernor Taft on the subject.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
TREND OF EVENTS
AT WASHING TON
Terse Topics of Interest to the
Great American C%itizenry.
ALABAMA SUFFRAGE AGAIN.
Giles Will Have Two More Opportunities
to Make Contest of Suit Decided
Against Him, as a Result of Writs of
Error Allowed by Justice White.

Washington. jackson w. Giles, q
negro of Montgomery, Ala. says a
press dispat,h, whose suit in equity
to test the validity of the suffrage
provision of the new constitution of
Alabama, was decided against him
by the United States court. will
have two more opportunities to
make the contest in that court as
the result of writs Of error allo wed
by Justice White as presiding JUS
tice of the Fifth circuit. One Hf the
suits brought to compel the board
of registers of Montgomery county
by a writ of mandamus to enter his
name as a voter on the registration
list. and the other was for damage
beause OF the failure Of the board to
make this entry, Both proceedings
came up from the Alabama supreme
court, whose finding was against
Giles. When Giles equity csse was
decided by the United States su-
preme court an intlmation was
given that his only channel of relief,
if any, was for damages.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
a CLEVER TRICK.

The trick is TO swing a glassful of
water with a string. Attach a string
to the centre of a square of cardboard
by means of a knot and seal the hole
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
Ivy and Damp Houses.

Ivy growing on a house, so far from
making the house damp, as is usually
supposed, actually extracts all moisture
from The walls
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04
"A DIFFICULT SCISSORS FEAT.


Take a pair of scissors mot too large,
and hang them ON your little finger, as
shown in Fig. J.. The trick is to throw
them upward and toward you in such
a that when you have brought
the backs of your hands together the
blades will be pointing upward, as in
Fig. 2.
This is another of those seemingly
simple tricks, but a key is required to
unlock it, as will find by repeated
| experiments before it is given you.
When you have hung the scissors as
explained above. simply throw them
upward and toward you, with the
hands held open and placed together
in such a way that when the scissors
reach them they Ghe scissors) will resi-
on the hands for an instant. In thi;
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

The president has accepted the
resignation of Chaplain Joseph T..
McKeon, Seventeenth infantry, sta
toned at Vancouver Barracks,
Washington, to take effect at once.
Congressman Richardson, of Ten
nessee, does not believe that Grover
Cleveland will be a candidate for
president next year.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

Logical, because we have ex-
pected it for some time; a bit i'm
practicable" was the way Postmas-
ter General Payne charac terlzad
Mr.. Chamberlain scheme for Eng
lish retaliation as outlined in his
speech. The postmaster general Sc
riously doubts the feasibility of
highlands abandonment of the
''open door,"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

A report has been received at the
state department describing an in
vention Of Professor Artemleff, di-
rector of the Electro Techni cal In
stitute at Kieif, Russia, which is an
effective protection against live
wires. 1t consists Of a suit, and was
intended at first for the use OF STU
dents in his laboratory, but it
proved to be SO practical that it
was patented aud placed on sale.
The SUIT is composed of q closely
woven network metal fibres, lined
with linen, which completely covers
the body from head to foot. 1t is
worn outside Of the ordinary cloth
ing. TIE mask which covers the
head does lot materially Influence
the eyesight. The outfit is especial
ly valuable to those whose business
is the mending of live wires. Elk
periments show that 200, 600 volts
make nc impression on either the
a or the outfit.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

The published suggestion that the
defense OF former Supe ~rinterdent
Machen will be tina. he was partner
in the firm of Croft Brothers, which
had the contract of furnishing pat
emit fasteners to the government, il
is declared is without foundation
ard the statement is made that this
is not the line of Mr.. Machen's de-
Tense. There will be a thorough in
vestigation of the leases of the post
offices throughout the country when
the investigation of the affairs OF
the salaries and allowances division
is taken up actively.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

Representative elect ScIdder, OF
Loug Island, has called at the war
department and made formal COM
plant about the manner In which
contracts for supplies are let. he
was accompanied py his brother, L.
K. Scudder, who recently sub
mitted a bid for furnishing army
stockings, and who brought to the
attention of congress alleged ques-
tionabIe methods of the department.
The acknowledgement buys
something like 600 600 pairs Of
stockings every year, and 1t is said
that one firm has had u monopoly of
selling them to the government for
many years past. L.. x. Scudder
believes that the wording of the
specifications under which PROPOSE
tons are submitted is such as to
shut out practically every firm but
the n which. 1t is alleged, enjoys
a monopoly OF this business. Repre-
sentative Scudder explained the
matter as follows: 1.-THE specifca-
tions governing bids for furnishing
stockings to the army Through some
oversight or error. have been drawn
in such a way that reasonable bids
cannot be put il by any concern,
except one, which has a monopoly on
the Whole business" The Messrs.
Scudder and Colonel Patten, who is
acting quartermaster-general, had
an animated discussion. Colonel Pat
ten defending the policy of the de-
partment as being perfectly proper.
Incoming reports OF army inspec-
tors OF military colleges are said to
show a generally unsatisfactory
state of affairs so far as the military
training of the students is con-
cerned. and the inspector-general is
about to send a circular letter to
the heads of the colleges demanding
remedial measures.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-06-04

President Samuel Spencer, of th G
Southern Railroad Company. has
slid that the road will be double
tracked between Washington and
Atlanta. and $25. 900, 900 spent on
betterments. Including double trace
age. 1t will be impossible to com
plete this work in one or two years,
but 1t will be prosecuted until
tiEisEed. The Washington division
will be the first section of the road
to get two tracks.