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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

During the Civil War the Friends,
because of their peaceful creed, en-.
deavored to be released from the 70.
quirements of the draft. They were
always reasonable and quiet In their
earnestness. and seldom failed to gain
their point. Major Townsend, in
Anecdotes Of the Civil War;" tells
this story OF Isaac Newton, the Friend
who was commissioner Of the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture:
Speaking once OF scruples about
fighting. l asked him If he believed +.
necessary to carry out the exact let.
ter OF the Scripture, and under no cir.
cumstances to resist.
oh, no." said he. There are other
ways Of resisting besides fighting"
Then he told the story of having
met a man in 4 wagon at a narrow
part of the road, who, seeing that he
was q Friend, refused to turn out for
him. but stopped directly in the mid
die Of the road.
Isaac asked him kindly to turn out,
but the man grufly refused. Then
Isaac said, Friend, IL thou wilt not
turn thy horse, l will turn him for
thee" So he took the horses head to
turn him. Then the man jumped out
and ran forward, as II to attack him.
On this, Isaac seized him by the
arms above the elbow, held him as IL
In a wise, and quietly said, Friend,
X thou dost resist, l shall shake
thee!"
So he gave him q preliminary shake
as a sample. and the man, seeing how
powerful and ~resolute he was, apol.
ogized, and turned his horse as far
out as he could.
81 did o strike him." said Isaac.
Youths Companion.
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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

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Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new shoes
easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating. aching
feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At
all druggists and shoe stores, Csc. Don't &C
cept any substitute. Trial package FREE by
mail. Address, Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
The Silent Man.

Under some conditions a man can
make more noise in the world by
keeping his mouth shut than in any
ether Way.-Chicago News,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption savel
my life three years ago.-Mns. THOMAS Rob-
BINS, Maple ST., Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, I9o).
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

The fellow who is run over by an auto
mobile is apt to have that tired feeling.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

Tho pessimist will tell you that for every
rose there are a dozen thorns.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

Success often depends upon knowing
what not to do.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

Knew Where the Whip Came From,
Signor Marconi, of wireless" fame,
is fond of dogs, and used to own a
cocker spaniel of unusual intelligence
The young inventor says that one
day he took this dog to a saddler's
with him and bought there a whip.
That afternoon the animal was disobe.
dent and he punished 1t with the
whip he had just purchased. But In
the evening, when he came to look fol-
the weapon again, 1t was nowhere tc
be found.
Just then there was a ring at the
oell. 1t was the saddler, the whip In
oand. Your dog, SIR" he said,
brought this to the shop in his
nouth this afternoon, and laid it on
tho floor ana ran off quickly"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

: PUTNAM FADELEss DYES cost but 10
cents per package.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

It's the backing a man has that enables
him to put up a good front.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Laundering the Baby,s Clothes.

A girl seldom marries her ideal. She
the real thing.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

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Eess after first days use OF Or. Kline's Grea.
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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Deafue.s Canno. II, Curod

Dignity is often measured by the lcnst
Of a frock coat.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

DR.: j. II. Ensor, Postmaster of Column
bla, ). C., late Superintendent and Physi-
Siain IN charge of State Insane Asylum at
Columbia, S. c., writes:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

ceive that our esteemed feller-citi-
zen, Mr.. Job Prince, has the meloncol-
ly. A few days ago he was afflicted
with the same disease, an was in
stantly relieved by complete INNER
sion in cold water. I move that we
give him similar treatment now
almost before Job knowed it they
bounced down upon him, an packed
him down to the river an soused
him under, an kept him there fer
minute or so. Then they turned
him loose, an give him this advice:
eco to work an help support that
family O your'n, an mebbe ye
won't have the meloncolly.'
Job was little tardy about
mendin' his ways, but fndin' that he
got ducked every time he was
ketched a-lookin' meloncolly, he final
ly seen the pint an went to work.
He never had the meloncolly no more
after that, an when he died he was
well-to-do.
''Mebbe my Judgments in errer,"
concluded Hiram. again shouldering
his hoe, 'but in my opinion what
causes most O. the meloncolly in the
world is not havin' nothin' to do.
An eff I was ye, 81, I'd try little
rustlin' fer that family as a cure fer
detected sperits."
Then he passed on, chuckling, leav-
ing Silas engaged in watching the
vain attempts of an ant to pull a
crooked stick into. its hill.-Woman's
Home Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

! Our own failure sometimes humil'
iatcs us almost as much as some one
else's success.-Indianapolis News.
Him! Why, your father was com
mon laborer." Nothing of the sort
He always did his work uncommon
ly we'll" -Philadelphia Bulletin.
The spendthrift is like buzz-saw.
He scatters lot of dust while run
ming around and has nothing but his
board to show for it.-Chicago Daily
News.
Friend-"What luck are you having
with the manuscripts that you have
been sending around to editors?''
Scribbler-"Well, 1 have got them all
back safely so far."-Somerville Jour
nal.
Betters-"Tom does not think of
himself in his efforts to get job
under government. 1t is the peo-
pie he considers, and the peoples
interests" Willets-"I know; but
Tom has an idea that he is the peo-
pie" -Boston Transcript.
Barnes-"Tom is becoming quite a
linguist, isn't hep" Shedd-''I don't
know. Is he?" Barnes - "Why,
haven't you heard? He took French
leave from town last year, and now
he has been made to walk Spanish
from the place he went to."-Boston
Transcript.
He Surprised Her.-Kidder-"Skin-
Eer played a mean trick on his wife.
He told her if she learned how to
cook he'd give her a surprise" Slim
kins-"Did she learn to cook?' Kid
der-Yes; and then he surprised her
by discharging the cook. Detroit
Free Press.
City Editor-"What instructions did
you give that new reporter when you
assigned him to that hanging?" AS
sistant-'I merely told him not to
make his story commonplace. Why?"
City Editor-''Well, he has tried to
follow your orders. For instance, he
speaks of the body falling with a
sharp invigorating thud.' "-Philadel-
phia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
r.Q ICES IN AUSTRALIA.
a.. the Use OF Railways Are
Contracted of the ioosa
Native Woods.

IT, Australia. when the first raid
roads we're constructed, the orldSes
,.sra almost entirely built OF timber,
md even now this type OF bridge Is
of+en erected in lieu of steel strac-
tnre as the native woods-17 vari-
cites are ava;lable-are specially
oda,1ed TO the work, owing to their
great strength. The Ire OF sue"
Iridges varies from IS to 50 years. ac-
cordine to their location and other
circumstances, says Scientific Amerl-
can. In Queensland large timber
bridge has recently been completed.
It is $50 feet long and is feet SIX
inches wide. 1t spans creek ten
feet deep at high-water mark and
which also has 20 feet of black mud
below the bed. In flood times the wa
ter rises % feet above the level OF
ordinary high-water mark. The sup
porting piles are of iron bark tam
he'd well creosoted. The cost of driv-
ing the piles complete, including ma
terial, labor, plant, ETC., was Sl.so
per lineal foot. The decking and IFS
members are of spotted gum, and sae
cost was $3.50 per square, including
all material and labor. The total
weight of all the timber in the bridge
as fixed is about 200 tons. while the
weight of the iron work fixed Is "a
tons. The total cost Of the struc-
ture, including small portion OF che
approach roadway, was $4,000. Inc
principal and most durable kinds OF
timber suitable for bridges are iron
bark, spotted gum, blue gum, blood
wood, blackbutt, box, mahogany,
karri and swamp mahogany. Iron
bark, mahogany, blue gum, blood
wood. swamp mahogany, turpentlne
or peppermint, tea, she-pine and cy-
press pine are very durable when con-
stantly immersed in water or wet
ground, and are, therefore, well
adapted for piles, ETC., for the foun-
da tions.
Z The various methods of seasoning
at present in vogue consist either in
evaporating the sap by air-drying, or
in dissolving it in water and after
ward sun-drying the timber. Artifi-
cial drying is rarely resorted to with
timber for engineering purposes. The
greatest trouble against which the
engineers have to contend are the
ravages of the teredo, white ant and
other similar insects, and various
means of protecting the wood against
these pests are resorted to, the most
general being the sheathing of the
wood in copper. But even copper
sheathing is not permanently eff
fectual in resisting the attacks Of
the teredo. Creosoting properly car
ried out is the most successful of any
process yet known. The various
means of preserving the timber con-
sist of paintings, charring, creosot-
ing and impregnation with metallic
salts. The latter method, howeyer,
has not in all cases given satisfactory
results.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

bunnit an went down town an told
everybody she met that Job hadn't
come home fer dinner; an she axed
every man she came across to look
fer Job. Most Of 'em laughed, an
said that it was good radiance O. bad
rubbish but Mrs. Prince answered
right back at these real mad, an
told 'e1n that he was her husband
all the same-no matter what he was
Jest like woman; seems as eff the
onerier husband one of 'em gifts, the
harder she'll stay by him. Blu,
finally she got five or six men to &C
On a hunt fer Job.
Josh Vaughn found him. He was
n-settin' on the edge O the river
bank, with his elbows on his knees
an his chin a-restin' in his hands
jest like you're a-settin', Sian his
face drawed down like he was the
most ferlorn crittur that ever was
"'What's the matter, Job?' says
JOSH
'Meloncolly,' says Job.
"'What're we meloncolly bout?
asks Josh.
'Everything,' answers Job; the
worlds agin me. An eff it wasn't
fer my self-respect,' he says, a-look
in real earnestly at the water be
low, I'd tumble off O. this bank an
let the water swaller me-
"But he didn't more'n git it said
than the bank caved off, an the wa
ter did swaller him; an he swallered
a good deal O water. In about ten
seconds his tow-head came up, an
he managed to splutter out ,fe1
help-fer he couldn't swim; he'd
never Iarnt how becuz it required
too much exertion.
"'But ye was meloncolly, an want
ed to drown yerself; now go it, says
Josh.
"'But amt meloncolly now hol-
lers Job as loud as he could between
his gaspings. Then he went under
ag'in.
wall, the water kept a-swallerin'
Job, an Job kept a-swallerin' the
water, until by the time Josh fetched
him out he didn't have norm 25 or
80 heart-beats left O this life. But
Josh rolled him across his knee, an
pulled out his tongue, an blowed
down his throat, an pounded him
till he was almost black an blue,
an brought him round all right.
"Some two or three days after this
Job was a-settin' on the edge O. a
sidewalk ea-lookin' between his knees,
when j. h an four or five other
men happened along. Josh turns
round, an. says: Gentlemen, per-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
CONCERNING MEMS COATS.
A Tailor Gives Some Valuable Sux-
gestions Regarding the Wear
and Care of Garments,

snow that the overcoat season is
on again" said an uptown tailor in
the course of a conversation on the
care Of clothes, reports the New York
Times, lone sees the utter ina biiity
of the average man to properly wear
and care for his garments. Jackets
may be worn anyhow without much
detracting from their owners ap-
pearance, but overcoats, like frocl>
coats, require care in handling and
in wearing. Not one man in thou
correctly. Ignorance and careless
ness in disposing of the garment when
not in use make the wearers of even
the best coats look like 80 cents
beside the man with cheaper article.
but who knows how to wear and care
for it.
men curse their tailors when after
a few days wear they find their coats
out of shape at the shoulders and
hanging badly. The art of the tailor
has, of course, great deal to do W.T.
the appearance of coat, but ON the
customer himself much more depends.
Most men when they are being
measured and fitted assume all sorts
of unnatural postures. They forget
that what they really want is gar
ment to fit their ordinary shape and
not the forced figure which they pre-
sent to the tailor.
"Then, again, when the new coat
comes home the owner tugs ii on any
how and wears it tapping open.
Every new coat should be carefully
nodded by the wearer into the shape
of his everyday figure. He should
get his shoulders we'll into it, and. in
order to arrive at that result. be
should have assistance on at least the
first six occasions on which he wears
the garment. The Goa. should be
carefully buttoned downward, not
the reverse, as is SO often the cnse.
For at least one hour Oh each of the
first six days of use the coat should
be kept buttoned. It will then have
adjusted itself to the peculiarities of
the fipure''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
DOES THIS CLIMATE CHANGE7
4 Subject ON Which Even the Best
Informed Persons Are Not
Quite Certain.

During the several very hot sum-
ners recently past there was theory
, not infrequently ventilated that the
climate in American cities had radi-
calJy changed, and that hereafter
very hot summers would follow each
other without break. There was no
escape. The general use of electricity
was Going the business, says a writer
in Brandur Magazine. How electricity
was doing it or why I do not recall
hearing, but that was the all-sufticient
explanation. l venture the opinion
that not one in ten Of the men and
women wis, talked this nonsense had
more than the faintest idea of what
electricity il. But they were cock
sure of the so:tndness of the theory
as cock sure as yellow journalist
when he has tracked mares nest
to it's hiding place. The summer of
1902 has knocked all semb)ance of in
tegrity out Of these unbaked theories
and left us wondering whether there
ever was such weather before. Prob
ably there has been, and possibly not.
1 do not pretend to know, and l am
not old enough to remember the rig
Ors of that famous 1916 when there
was frost in every month in the year.
But l should not be astonished to live
long enough to experience such sum-
mer and to hear my good neighbors
attribute it to everything from a
changed climate to the revenge of an
angry Deity. AS a matter of fact
suspect that the climate has not
changed, but It is always changing,
swinging bike a pendulum back and
forth; not, however, with the same
simple regularity, but in some eccen.
trio fashion which as yet we do not
understand. These remarks do not
mean that the climate and the wealth
er are beyond the comprehension of
men. Not at all. [ believe that after
these things have been under trained
observation a sufficiently long time
the present mysteries will be cleared
away, and that we will understand
much better than now many Of thu
things that battle us. believe it quite
possible that we may not only be able
to tell what the morrow will bring
but that, to some degree at least, we
may be at,a c control it. At present.
however. the old wife in the country,
the wiseacre in town, and the govern.
ment observer are pretty nearly OF
par.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
WINNING THE WOMEN.
4 Saying of VOltalre's Which IL Borne
Out by Stories of Matrimonial
Enle2YQrA.

"Any man can marry any woman
voltaire once cynically declared, IF
he only pursues her Dng enough
This, at any rate, was the experience
of Jacob Halliday, a well known char
acter in the north of England couple
Of generations ago, says the Chicago
Tribune.
Never did lover win a wife under
such discourag ing conditions as Jacob,
for, after his first proposal, he was
soundly horsewhipped by the young
lady's father and ducked in con-
venient pond.
III ask her again next year." Jacob
spluttered as he emerged from his
bath, the fire of his passion not whit
quenched by his cold douche. Greg
ularly once year, on the anniversary
Of his first proposal and immersion,
Nicholson says, in his biography OF
Mr.. Halliday, Jacob attired himself
in his finest raiment and presented his
petition, always with the same mega
tive result. When he presented him
self, now a middle-aged man, for the
twenty-fourth time, the lady greeted
his appearance with peal Of laugh
ter. It's no good, Jacob, I see,' she
exclaimed, I may as well give in now
as later; but what faint-hearted
creature the importunate widow was
compared with your"
Sheridan took an equally bold course
when he sought to win the fairest of
the beautiful daughters of Linley, the
composer of Bath, who was strongly
opposed to the suit of the brilliant
young poet and dramatist. His lady
love, too, was beset by an army of
suitors, many Of them far more eligi-
BILE than the penniless law student.
The circumstances called for bold and
decisive action. After threatening to
destroy himself if the lady refused his
advances, and fighting couple of
duels with one of his most formidable
rivals, Sheridan took the bold step
OF running away with Miss Linley and
conducting her to a French nunnery,
where she remained in confinement
until, succumbing to her lovers dar-
ing and persistence, she consented to
marry him.
An amusing and characteristic story
is told of Lord Beaconsfield in the days
when he was wooing Mrs. Lewis, to
whom in later years of married life
he was so touchingly devoted.
One day Mrs. Lewis, who was then
living in retirement at her seat in
Glamorganshire, saw gentleman
walking leisurely up the drive
Jane she exclaimed to an old serv-
ant, Il really believe that horrid man
Disraeli is coming up the drive. Do
please, run to the door and say I'm
not at home" Jane opened the door
to the undesired caller and gravely
announced her message Il know"
Disraeli coolly answered, "but take
my bag to bedroom and prepare
luncheon. will wait until Mrs. Lewis
is ready to come downstairs which.
Of course, Mrs. Lewis felt compelled to
do few minutes later.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL,

Prof. Michael 1. Pupin, of Columbia
university, inventor of the ocean tel
ephone, began his career in Amer
lea as an attendant in Turkish bath
parlor in Brooklyn.
Three men who used offensive Ian
guage to their wives in their OWL
houses in contravention of the coun
:y bylaws have each been fined los
at Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, Eng
land.
After a beggar named Pietro Ca
wanna had died of chronic starvation
in wrctched howell at Alexandria
Piedmont, it was found that he had
bequeathed $4,000 in bank notes tc
the local workhouse.
On his silver wedding anniversary
Charles J. Swanson, a Minneapolis
manufacturer, gave to each of nine
Of his employees who had been with
him for 20 years deed of 40 acres OF
improved land in Anoka county. The
total value of the gifts was $500.
It is said on excellent authority
that Russell Sage's street loans are
rarely less than $22,oc0,0o0, and that
a few weeks ago, when he was taken
i'll, he had $27,OOO,OOO out on call and
time loans. This is actual cash which
he has on the market all the time,
so that his income from this source
alone must be somewhere about
$1,250,000 a year. His collateral
loans are probably twice as much.
1t is regarded as curious coinci-
dence that Alexander H. Stevens and
DR.. Crawford W. Long, whose stat
ues are to be placed by Georgia in
statutory hall at the national cap
ital, were students together at the
University of Georgia and occupied
the same room as bedfellows while
pursuing their studies. One became
a great statesman and the other a
surgeon of worldwide renown.
Choy See Ken, Chinese nobleman
of liberal views, addressed the Chi
nese Merchants association, of New
York, the other day and advised his
hearers to cut off their pigtails and
acquire American manners in dress
and customs. In that way, he said,
it will be more easy for them to alb
sorb the ideas necessary for them in
the new regime in China, which he
believes will come when the empress
dies. In all possible ways he would
have his country opened to American
and European enterprise.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

The unfortunate feature advantages average girl
moderate circumstances is that SHE ALLOWS HER LITTLE
LEARNING" TO OUTWEIGH HER NATIVE JUDGMENT.
Returning from school her brand education she
too often agnes herself superior being ard untitled for her
roundngs She just little ashamed of her father whose life has
been of patience and toll for othersel chief among them
perhaps She wishes her mother would lawful and s."
and she refers the young
primitive man. learned]y analyzing them. Z 5
There is Tom JONES' for instance The townspeope say he
awful smart But he guilty of objectionable lapes in English
she and he well readpoor mssed
TO be he is studying law his fathers office up
Smiths and the old shake their heads approvg
he but this Average Girl with education smiles
perior she remembers that he cannot dance.
Her eudton weighs heavily upon her and fills her with such
of responsibility that she the city where she
dreams of being bachelor GIRL of writing books teaching
voice. until the Typical College Man appears and instantly rcog
nizes her lofty accomplishments
But OH there very Average Girls in the
and such dseartcng number of talented and brilliant
The Bachelor Girl she finds to be feminine misnomer Instead
there hardwoing with tired and
possessed Of seemingly antiring energy.
good be home again. What really capable
father u.s. practical sound judgment. How pretty her
with her white hair and sympathy And Tom Jones'
he? With establishment she learns that he
Der of reliable firm in the city which proved too big and busy
and complex for her.
Finally this Average Educaed Girl was wont to complain
that there enough college to
perhaps the Of broad business experience
quite learned enough interest university
She begins question the superiority OF girl who magne
complete with her Commencement bouquets
Young the midst OF varied training in the al
fairs.
And Their. eventually SHE WILL COME TO SEE THAT
EVERYDAY LIFE IS THE GREATEST SCHOOL and that
ones Of four years. but of years Of
life 49,
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