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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15
MRS. Nj. BRINK
FIRST STAGE OF CATARRH.
A Serious Mistake Which Thou
sands Are Making.

The first stage of catarrh is what is
commonly known as catching cold" 1t
may be in the head, nose, throat or lungs.
It's beginning is sometimes so severe as to
cause a chill and considerable fever, or it
may be so slight as to not hinder a person
from his usual business. In perhaps a
majority of cases little or no attention
is paid to the first stage of catarrh, and
hence it is that nearly one-half OF the peo-
PIE have chronic catarrh in some form.
To neglect a cold is to Invite chronic
catarrh. As soon as any one discovers
the first symptoms of catching cold he
should at once begin the use of Peruna
according to directions on the bottle,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

The ~plutocratic father finds his
daughter in tears.
How now?" he asks. "Are ySu not
happy with the noble count to whom
you were married with great ecIat and
at much expense?"
"Oh, papa!" weeps the b~eauteous
heiress, finging herself into his arms
and breaking two cigars and the crys
tai of his watch. ooh, papa! 1t is
terrible! discover that he is a bogus
count"
There, there" soothes the father,
with a smile of relief. That's all
right. 1t went cost near so much tc
keep him and. besides, he will not be
above going to work"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15
FOR THE NOSE THAT is RED.
Simple Remedy Impaired by French
Physician to His Countrvwomcn.

oiWP'o heIHeoy impaired py FRENCH
Physician to His countrywomcn.
A red nose is the outward and visl-
BILE sign of something wrong inside
In nine cases out of ten; but there
are instances in which the red nose
Of femininity is caused by merely To-
cal conditions that may be made to
disappear by the use of a remedy that
a French physician has recently in
troduced to his grateful country won
len.
1t is a very simple remedy, and any
red nose not the result of alcohol or
indigestion will fade into a beautiful
shade of flesh pink after one treat
ment. 80 50
1t consists Of benzine. A bandage
OF gauze is soaked in the liquid. and
then laid on the nose, care being
taken to avoid rubbing the skin or
causing any irritation that might tend
to redden it.
If the cloth be allowed to remain
on the flesh for a few minutes, the
redness Will disappear, and after that
the suspicious shine that succeeds
the color will also disappear and
there will be only the color Of the
natural skin.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15
.Eow's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fo-
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured 81
Halls Catarrh Cure.
T.. J. CHENEY & Co., proos, Toledo, o.
We, heundersigned, have snownF. }. Che-
ney Tor the last Is years, and believe him per-
,ectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially ab!e to carry out any obliga-
tion mad by their firm.
WEST Il TRUAx, Wholesale DrGS gists ,To.elo,
Ohio.
WALDING, KISNAw&NARyIN, Wholesale Dru 2
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. TESTIMONIALS free.
Halls Family Pills arc the. best.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15
Miss. SARA McGAFIAN.l

of what PERUNA could do, | decided to
try a bottle, and you can imagine how
CAD felt when it began to relieve me
IN a very short time. In less than two
weeks | was completely cured ."-Sibyl A.
llad!ey.
Miss Sarah McGahan, No. 1877 Sd street,
Albany, n. Y, writes:
"A few months ago I suffered with a
severe attack OF influenza, which nothing
seemed to relieve. My hearing became
bad. my eyes became irritated and feverish.
Nothing seemed right and nothing | ate
two weeks l was perfectly well."-Sarah
McGahan.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will be
glad to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
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Uncla ST (agriculturist)-1'yc hearr

the New York zoo is great.
Uncle 10 countryside joker)-Wal
! guess! They've got the unmitigated
ass, and money sharks, and country
fuckers, and Chicago Holsters, and
Wall street bulls, and stock exchange
bears, and peacocks G fashion, and
T~nonkey-faced dudes, and society apes,
end old hen reforme-s, and gawkies.
and snipes, and snakes of vice, and
Tammany tigers, and owl cars, and
Standard OH hcgs, end dcyes Of peace,
and dogs of war, an -
Uncle Silas-Say, 10, I want a gallon
of that same cider.-Lifc.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

Curious advice is sometimes given
by magistrates in England. A gentle
man recently appeared before a mag.
istrate named Kennedy and com
planned that n of his neighbors had
covered his windows with placards
about a local election.
Il want you to issue an order, your
worship" he added, compelling him
to remove the placards and to clean
the windows"
That's what he ought to do" re.
piled Mr.. Kennedy, "but, if he refuses,
you'll have to do it yourself"
But suppose he does it again." ask
ed the plaintiff.
"In that case" said Mr.. Kennedy,
softly, "the best thing for you to dc
is to have a large pitcher of water
ready and to empty it over him as
soon as you see him approach any
of the windows"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

y I TSpcrmanentlycur ed No fits or rerv u.s.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer. $2trial bottieand treatise FREQ
Dir. Eli. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

Pics Curs cannot be TOO highly spoken Of
Dc ecough cure.-J. w. O'BRIEN, 322 Thirl
Avenue, n, Minneapolis, MIMI, Jan. 6, 1870
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

In order to deepen the River Thames, in
England, the conservators have determined
10 expend a sum of S270,0O0 on dredging TIE
river.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

Hope should always be supplied with a
Parachute to let a man down easy.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15
WANTED THE MARKET RATE
Prospective Bankrupt Sought Informa-
ton Before His Failure,

49,
ton Before His Failure.
According to Mr.. John Clafin, pres
ident of the II. B. Clafiin company, his
father, the founder of the house, made
a strong effort to maintain personal
relations with his customers. He al.
ways encouraged buyers to come to
him for a friendly talk, and as far as
possible he advised them concerning
the matters in hand.
One day a customer called, and as
he entered the private Office Mr.. Olaf
lin looked UP from his desk and
called: Hello, how are you feeling to-
day?"
I'm feeling fine, Mr.. Clafin; l never
was better"
And how is the business?"
"Oh, that's different, Mr.. Clafin. /
think | must have a failure"
What A failure? How is that?
Haven't you made money!"
Il used to, Mr.. Clafiin. but not now;
business is bad, very bad, Mr.. Clahin,
and | think l must fail"
well. now, I'm sorry. But will 1t
be a bad failure? How much will you
pay?"
"Ah, that is what | want to see you
about. How much are they paying
now, Mr.. Clafin?"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

Footprints IN the sands of time viii be
out OF date when we get aerial navigation
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15
STORIES OF READY WIT.

Whe! a man pays as he goes he always
geta a welcome back.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

f.~. Str
Museums are much in favor in Russia.
Even iGfiSi6cria nearly every town Of
10000 inhabitants has one.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

Mrs. Winslow'G SoothingSyrup for children
tecthirG, soften the gums, reduces infiamma
ten, aLays pain cures wind col:s. csc. abottl
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

Old Sofas, Backs Of Chairs, etc. can be
dyed with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

When tears do not avail "a woman she
wishes she were a man and could sWear.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

John H. Fow, ex-state represents
tive, has a story which he tells to tae
point that there was no excuse fol
those independent Republicans who
returned to the Quay fold; that politi.
cal conditions are unchanged since
last November. This is Fow's story:
"A man jumped off a train at q
station in. the West ore day, and
asked for a lawyer. A young man
stepped UP and said, I'm a lawyer
az want the best in the town. ex.
planned the stranger.
We'll. I'm the one persisted the
attorney.
VIVA proof have you?
"'Proof,' shouted tho lawyer. YOU
don't need proof, admit IT,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

Charles Marshall and his son Har,
ley, farmers. living in Springfield
township, Ohio, had a terrific battle
with a huge raccoon while hunting,
and as a result OF the encounter Mr..
! Marshall is confined to bed with o
badly lacerated face, throat and body
from the 'coon's teeth. 1t is even
doubted IL he will recover, as a mum
ber Of blood vessels We're severed. !.
,WhenS Marshall chopped down d
stree in: which the coon had taken
big dog charged On his. coon,
f, ship, but the latter soon got the bet.
ter Of the*dog. Marshall rushed in tc
help the: canine. when the animal.
Krowu ds the swamp raccoon; pounc-
Cd on him and began tearing his head
and throat. Haley rushed .te .aid his
father, but the coon bit him severely.
!. The coon was finally killed. The
father tainted from the loss ST blood
and the son had to procure a team tc
take him home-New York Journal.
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Rctorts That Made the Reputation o
Thei Utterers,

tncir OtrereTS.
Historic retorts almost invariably
illustrate the quickness which is es.
sential to the success of this species
of wit. Jekyu was as famous at the
bar as was Cunning for his brilliant
repartee. Hearing that a very empty
headed person had gone to Greece, he
quoted at once, ITO the Greeks, fool
fshness." James Smith, joint author
with his brother Horace of Rejected
Addresses" being challenged for a
motto On .rooks and crows, responded
instantly with the. line. THE cause,
my soul, the cause" To Charles Lamb.
Henry Crabb Robinson, lawyer and de-
lightful companion, was speaking OF
his first brief when Lamb said to him,
Did you not exclaim, Thou first
great cause, least understood p"
When Alfred T%ennyson, appeared in
the Oxford theater to receive his d. c..
l. degree his ~disheveled hair and gen
.erally negligent .statei provoked the
undergraduates into greeting him
with the inquiry, did your mother
call your early, call you early, Alfred
dear@?' Sydney Smith, perhaps de
spised pet dogs as heartily as do some
OF US, and this may have given the
sting to his answer to the lady who
begged from him a motto for her
poodle. Spot" ."Out, damned Spot!"
was his suggestion, and 1t was nc
doubt too lear the truth to be adopted.
Nashville American.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-15

and the cold is sure to pass away
without leaving any bad effects.
Unless this is done the cold is a.
most sure to end in the second stage OF
catarrh, which Is making SO many lives
miserable. If Peruna was taken every
time one has a cold or cough, chronic
catarrh would be practically an IN
known disease.
Miss Elizabeth Uber, No. 81 Bassett
! street, Albany, n. Y, writes:
Il have always dreaded unsettled
weather because of my extreme liabil-
ity to catch cod, when a catarrhal
trouble would quickly develop through
my entire system, which it would take
weeks to drive away. am thankful
to say that since l have taken Pc
RUNA / do not have any reason to
dread this any more. If / have been
at all exposed to the damp,we or cold
weather, / take a dose or two OF Pc
RUNA, and it throws out any hint
OF sickness from my system. Miss
Elizabeth Uber.
Mrs. NJ. J. Brink. No. $50 Michigan ave
Tue, St. Joseph, Mich, writes:
This past winter during ,the wet anC
cd weather | caught a sudden and sever,
old, which developed a catarrhal condition
through my entire system, and so affected
ny general health that | was completely
down, and became nervous anc
historical and unfit to supervise my home
sIy physician prescribed for me, but some
low his medicine did me no good. Read
ng of PERUEA l decided to try it. AZ
er | had taken but three bottles / fount
myself in fine health."-Mrs. M. j. Brink
Sibyl A. Eadley, &c Main street, Hunt
ngton, Ind, writes: Last winter afteI
my feet wet I began to cough
which gradually grew worse until ny
hroat was sore and raw. Ordinary RENE
lies did not help me and cough remedie.
,auseated me. Reading an advertisement
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-01-09
The Poll Tax in Louisiana.

1t is said that there has been a strong
demand for the repeal Of the poll tax
provision Of the Louisiana constitution in
the country parishes, where it is believed
that the requirements that a voter shall
have paid his poll tax for the two years
preceding the election will place the po-
litical management Of the parishes
wholly within the power Of the sheriffs.
1t will be noticed that this claim is made
and that the attempt is put forward to
change the existing law before there has
been any chance to test the requirement.
There. is no reason to believe that the
provision in the constitution requiring
the payment Of the tax will not do pre-
cisely. what it was claimed it would do;
that is, place the ballot in the hands Of
those who have "a stake in the com
munity." and who place some value on
the voting privilege. The man who will
not pay the poll tax for the privilege of
voting has not very grave interest in
the settlement of political matters, and
if he chooses to disfranchise himself,
that is his own concern. The constitu-
tional provision should at least stand un-
til it has had a fair trial-New Orleans
Times-DemOcrat
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Are You Ticklish?

"Why is it that one person is ticklish
and another isn't?" asked man who is
fond of the unusual thing. Il have
often wondered why men were different
ly constituted in this way and have
never seen any satisfactory answer up to
this time. Some men cannot stand to
be touched in the side. Others cannot
stand to be touched on the knees. They
steal sugar. according to the nursery
legend, and will simply have a fit if you
should scrape the ends of your fingers
over their knees. The bottom Of the foot
or the palm of the hand is a tender place
with other people. On the other hand,
there are men who are not at all ticklish
I have seen tests made with straws
about the ears and neck without any sort
of disturbance. The subjects, too, were
reasonably sensitive. 1 cannot say that
they were not thin-skinned to some ex-
tent, for l know many of them were.
But they were not ticklish. AS a rule
the man whose skin is thin is the ticklish
man, but there are the usual exceptions
to this rule. suppose it is matter in
volving the nervous constitution, and if
persons are unusually ticklish 1 guess it
is due to the fact that the sense Of touch
is more keenly developed at the par
ticular parts Of the body which are be-
culiarly sensitive. 1 can account for the
vast difference in persons in this respect
in no other way. It is simply question
of highly developed sense Of tOuch.'-
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Provided by an Englishman.

<, To thousands of English hair Dress
ers, a certain side street in Lambeth
u known as the "barbers' exchange"
AS q class, knights of the razor with
shops of their own are exceedingly
prone to having an occasional day off.
and in these circumstances they can
always hire an efficient man by send
Ing to the BARRIERS exchange. At the
s.pening of the summer season men
are eagerly snapped up by the various
watering places and so on, and there
u q great exodus Of men into the
country. But when October comes
these men return, and may be seen
gathering, close either to an unpreten-
tlous hair dresser's saloon or to quiet
hostelry at the south side of
the Thames, often to the number Of
xwenty to hundred day. Each
man has his apron and the rest Of his
kit In a more or less neat parcel. and
the general gathering time is from
nalf-past seven till nine in the morn
ing. The early men usually get the
best jobs. and in many cases the man
who is sent out has to be provided by
the agent with his fare and part of
his kit. The demand averages fifty
BARRIERS a day. These men pay the
agent small fee. as does the man
who seeks assistance.
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Couldn't Stand John.

Butchers, as rule, can stand good
deal Of grumbling from their customers
put there's a limit to everything-eyen a
butchers patience.
"John," said certain member of the
trade to his youngest apprentice, "Pm
getting tired Of that Mrs. x. and he1
eternal grumbling. I wish to goodness
she'd take her custom elsewhere. When
next she comes in I'll turn her over I'd
you"
Very we'll, SIR" said John, calmly
You may depend upon me.''
The shop was full of customers when
Mrs. X. bounced in and began as usual
Il want two pounds Of beef, Mr.. G.;
beef, you understand, not bone! The last
had from you was all bone; and
if@''
Beef, is it. ma'am?'' said John. step.
ping forward. Eyes, ma'am, I understand
You want the boneless variety from the
Bungeroodo islands. We've ordered you
two pounds by pigeon post, and we un-
derstand it was dispatched by special bal.
loon this morning. No doubt you will
find it waiting for you when you get
back. A special stipulation in the con-
tract was that the boneless beef should
be absolutely clear of fat and suet, should
weigh twenty-seven ounces to the pound,
and
But Mrs. x. had vanished -Tit-Bits.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-01-09
Steel Coasting Schooners.

Following quite closely on the con-
struction of the seven-masted steel
schooner, it is announced that a steel
six-masted schooner will be built at
Quincy. This, it is hoped, is the be-
ginning of a practically new industry on
this coast-the bull ding of steel sailing
vessels for the coasting trade. The great
majority of our coasting schooners, prac-
tically all in fact, are wooden vessels.
The question arose when our two wood
en- six-masters were launched whether
the limit of wooden vessels was not thus
reached. With ships as long as the pro-
posed new six-master, almost $40 feet
on deck, steel is a much better material
for construction than wood. Steel makes
lighter vessel, as we'll as a stronger one,
and that means larger cargo-carrying
capacity on the same dimensions. AS
the size increases in these vessels, it is
expected that the economy of operation
will increase also, for more tons of cargo
per man employed on the vessels can be
carried. Citizens of this country have a
monopoly Of our coasting trade, and if
these steel coasting schooners prove good
dividend payers they will doubtless rap
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-01-09
WONDERFUL CLOVER or EGYPT.
II Probably Will Be introduced Into
$% the Western States.

Il Probably Will Be introduced Into
the Western States.
Seeds Of a wonderful plant called
"berseem" have been brought to this
country from Egypt by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and efforts will
probably be made to introduce it in
regions Of the United States to which
It Is adapted. 1t is otherwise known
rs "Egyptian clover" being nearly re-
lated to ordinary clover.
Berseem is likely to be specially
valuable to the irrigated and orchard
lands of California and Texas, and it
Is thought that the Colorado desert,
with Its rich soil and abundance of
water obtainable by irrigation, would
furnish an ideal place for trial of
the plant. Its yield of seed is much
heavier thar that of clover, and it
develops at marvellous rate, outgrow-
Ing most weeds and actually killing
out the later, reports the Saturday
Evening Post. DR.. David Fairchild,
agricultural explorer Of the depart
ment. says that while Egypt's great
money-making crop is cotton, the foun-
dation of her prosperity rests upon the
berseem.
DR.. Fairchild says that there are
few countries in the world to-day
where agriculture pays better than it
does In Egypt, though the methods of
Plowing and seeding practiced by the
people have scarcely changed at all
in thirty centuries. A million acres of
berseem is grown in the Valley of the
Nile. where it affords a conspicuous
feature of the most beautiful crop
ehecker-board to be seen anywhere on
earth. Its white Towering heads pre-
sent lovely spectacle when adorn-
ing extensive areas, and one learns
that not only farm animals but the
Fellaheen themselves eat it.
Though the origin Of the plant Is
unknown, it seems to have been in
troduced into Egypt in comparatively
recent times, no representation of 1t
being found on any Of the ancient mon-
uments To-day all the cattle are fed
On 1t, as we'll as the camels and donk-
eys. and in the cities every cabman
has sack of it under his feet with
which to feed his horse. In early
morning all the avenues leading to
the city of Cairo are lined with long
1les of camels and asses half hidden
under their loads Of the green forage.
The hollow stems of the berseem are
very succulent. and the whole plant
clover or alfalfa. Once introduced into
the United States, it would probably
be great success, in some regions Of
The country at all events, and would
prove an important addition to our
AGRICULTURAL products.
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Mountain Sickness.

No doctor has ever yet accounted for
the cause Of mountain sickness, malady
infinitely more distressing and more last
ing in it's effects than sea-sickness. It
is only in comparatively very high alti-
tudes that mountain sickness attacks the
climber. The premonitory symptoms are
an uncomfortable attack of nervousness.
Though the mountaincer may be in
place that is absolutely safe he feels
when attacked by this sickness that his
last hour has come. AS rule he lies
fiat down and shouts for help. Then
he gets violently sick and usually weeps.
During the making of the railway to
Jungfrau several medical men made vari-
GUS experiments to ascertain the actual
cause of this mountain sickness, but
without much result. Like sea-sickness,
it seems to attack all sorts and conditions
Of people, and those who do not suffer
from it are curiously enough often the
most neryous.-TatIer.
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Popular in Iowa,

Grand View, Iowa, Dec. 29.-The
most complete satisfaction is expressed
In this district over results obtained
recently by using Dodd's Kidney Pills
for those complaints resulting from dis
eased Kidneys. This satisfaction finds
frequent expression in words. People
who have been cured seem to take
pleasure in telling Of 1t. Take what
Mrs. Lydia Parker says for example:
Il was troubled with Backache, says
Mrs: Parker, land all the time when
was STOPPING over stitch would take
me in the back and could not straight
Ell up for a while.
Il sent and got couple Of boxes of
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and before had
finished taking the first, the stitch had
gone and 1t has not been back since"
Other people here have had similar
experiences with Dodd's Kidney Pills,
and their popularity is steadily on the
increase
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-01-09
Tips Of Royalty.

Even kings must pay out and Emper-
ors tip when the butler and footman
speed them as the parting guest. After
his stay here for Queen Victoria's fu-
neral the German Emperor left $4,000
for the servants at Windsor and Os-
borne. But until vigorous action was
taken by the prince consorr, even larger
donations were expected Of the sover-
eign's visitors. 1t was the visit of the
Car Nicholas I. that led to reform.
After a wee ks stay at Windsor he left
100000 for the royal servants, and Napo-
leon III. was equally extravagant. In
the interests Of her poor relations Queen
Victoria set reasonable limit to her
servants perquisites. The only visitor
who disregarded this regulation was the
late King of Holland, who had truly
regal conceptions Of money. When the
present Gar stayed at Balmoral a few
years ago his largesses amounted tt
f3OOO.-London Daily Chronicle.