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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06

his pets caterwauling. 1t is his conten-
ton that cats have a medium of communi-
cation based on the NEW, purr and more
Strldent notes of their vocal organs. He
claims to have classified the different calls
for various kinds of food and drink and
maintains that he can tell by the infection
OF the cats voice whether the animal wants
water or milk. When one of his pets is
hungry he locks it up In a room with
monograph loaded with the receiving rec
ord. When well fed and contented he places
machine by the sleeping creature and
ca tches every sound. r-s-- -ss=sTt
Some of the simpler folk along the River
road look upon Mr. johnson as uncanny.
The spectacle of a tall, gaunt man standing
II, the middle of the road, holding animated
conversation with big temcat, giving back
meow for meow, strikes them as being a
bit sinister. He has recently introduced an
Angora cat to his school, claiming that
that breed differs radically in language
from the common short-haired puss. The
hermit says that he feels as though he mad
a large family of human beings around him
and has never time to get lonely. After
catalogUing the names of his many pets he
had to study the temperament and individ-
uality of each before he could enter upon
more advanced curriculum of interpreting
their calls and teaching them to respond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
SUN AND SNOW
HELP THE HAIR TO CO.,

SUMEIIMES HELP THE HAIR TO CO.
In any changeabe climate the hair is apt to be-
come brittle and to break OF stubby here and
there This makes a hairdressing almost a neces-
sity, especially to Indies. In using hair-dressing
why not get the BEST one that combines with n
the efficiency In killing the dandruf germ, the
germ that eats the hair of at the roots causing
what is called Telling hair, and In time badness.
Newbro's ''Herpicide' IL that kind of hair
dressing. You have no idea how delightful your
scalp VIII feel and how stylish your hair will ap-
pear, after an application two of Herpicide 1t
Is certainly a wonderful Innovation as a scalp
antiseptie and hairdressing. Sold by leading
druggists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample TO The
Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich. Edward Stevens
Special Agent, 9th and Pa. ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
A Doctors Simple Cure.
From the London Leader.

Somewhere upon British soil there is a
young doctor who has within the last few
days learned a lesson which should be in
valuable to him in his future practice
Having accompanied his betrothed to a
theater. while the house was in semi-dark-
ness she suddenly complained of feeling
faint. The doctor took something out of
his pocket and whispered to her to keep the
"tablaid'' in her mouth. but not to swallow
it. She did as she was told and soon felt
all right again. The tablet, however
showed no signs of dissolving, and in the
end, being curious to discover what the
tasteless, indissoluble substance that had
proved SO efficacious could be, she slipped
the undininished substance into her glove
for future inspection. When she got home
she took 1t out of her glove again and ex-
amined it. It was bone glove button.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
Studies Cat Language.

Unity. Me-. Corr. of the New York Tribune.
Caleb Johnson of this town has emulated
Prof. Garner of monkey language fame. by
staying at home and studying the speech
of cats. Johnson Is man of liberal educa-
ton. having been graduated from an east
ern college who prefers to live the life of a
hermit, surrounded with forty-eight cats. to
ningling with the world and dealing with
more commonplace situations. He lives
alone On the River road. and from morning
to night makes records on photograph Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
aye aentlewomen,sn Sale.

One of the opportunities in which scores
of persons are interested is the ANIMAL sale
Of the Gentlewomen, which will be held
from April to Is, inclusive, in the old
Bancroft house, 1923 H street, under the
patronage of number of prominent wo-
men. A special feature will be luncheon
daily from 11:30 to 2. and tea and music
after 4 O'Clock Shirt waists, neckwear,
ETC.. with cakes biscuits. pies and candy,
will be on sales
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06

In response to an appeal of the pastor.
Rev. VIM. o. Waters, $4,000 has been
pledged within a few minutes, to the en-
dowment fund of Grace Episcopal Church,
in Chicago. 1t is hoped within the next
year to increase the fund to 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06

Edyth--'why do you doubt Mr.. Slow
mans sincerity? His voice has an honest
ring"
Mayme-"Yes. but that isn't the kind Of
ring I'm looking for. Chicago News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
r Il. p. ANS

RIPANS TABULES are the best dyspepsia med,
cine ever made. hundred millions OF them have
been sold in single year Constipation, heartburn
sick headache, dizziness. bad breath sore throat
and every illness arising from disordered stomach
are relieved or cured BY Ripans Tabules. One viii
generally give relief within twenty inmates The
dve-cent package 10 enough for an ordinary coca
sion. All druggists pell theu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
Unity Of Effort,

BE unit for building up the capital;
don't antagonize its interests. Support local
industries and enterprises and stop abusing
the business interests of the city. Omit at
tacks upon public school system. Vul-
gar and unjust it is for any man, who
ever he is, to besmirch the fair name of
any teacher in our public schools and We
should condemn all such attacks
These sentiments of Mr.. Buckley were
greeted with an outburst of hearty applause
by the members of the association. In clos
ing the speaker declared that the citizens
associations should move on a plane of dig
nifty, and not be merely a means for air.
ing the walls and complaints of dissatisfied
persons.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Dreamed and Jumped.

Battle Creek, Mich.-At a santa
rum in this city a wealthy patient
from Chicago, connected with a fam
lily well known throughout the West,
but whose name is withheld by the
managers of the institution, dreamed
that she was jumping from a window.
Awakening, she ran to the window of
her room, four stories above the ce-
ment driveway, pushed out the screen
and leaped into space. Her sister
awakened just in time to catch a fly
ing glimpse of the woman's night robe
as she cleared the window sill. The
falling woman crashed into an awning
below, which broke her fall and saved
her from being crushed to death on
the pavement. As it was she rose with
only a bruised elbow and walked un-
aided to her room, four flights Of
stairs above.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
A Persuasive Man.

San Francisco. Compelling two
clerks to go into a room at the point
of a revolver, to be made prisoners, a
masked man took a suit case contain
ing $4,000 and records and papers be-
longing to the Central Grain and
Stock Exchange, and then made his
escape. F. ]. Flynn and H. T. Pear
ny are clerks employed by the ex-
change, and they were carrying the
suit case containing the gold, silver
and paper into the Office through a
passageway in the rear of the Office,
when they were confronted by the
robber. The thief was hidden behind
a partition SO that he could not be
seen until a person was within a few
feet of him.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
The Gar a Book Lover.

Here Is quite a delightful confession
from the Gear of all the Russias,
whose heart must now be sorely trou.
bled by the disasters of the present
war:
Il love travelling, but only when ]
can do 1t in my own way. never
travel otherwise than at night, and
spend my day visiting museums and
quaint old streets, bazars when | am
in the East. antiquarian shops when ]
am in the North. l am more of an
Asiatic than a European In my tastes,
and | have not only a vast collection
Of Indian curios and quite an army
Of Buddhas large and small, but also
a library composed of books treating
Of Indiana subjects alone, and another
of books dealing with Egyptian lore.
We're l not-well, what AMI should
be the greatest bookworm in the
world
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Ants are a Failure.

Houston, Tex.-Ross L. Clark, of
Port Lavaca, who sued out an %injunc-
ton to restrain the Agricultural De-
partment from bringing Guatemalan
ants into Texas, but afterward con
sented to drop the action, is of the
opinion that the ants have proved
that they are not the enemy of the boil
weevil that it is claimed they are. In
fact, Mr.. Clark regards the expert
menss which have SO far been made
at Victoria and at other points as a
distinct failure. His principal rea-
son for this belief is the admission by
the department experts that it will
require about one hill of ants to leach
four stalks of cotton. Taking this as
a basis, Mr.. Clark inquiries what is to
be done with the ants after the boil
weevils are exterminated?
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Aged Couple Tortured.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Three masked
robbers who broke into the house of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gibbons, re-
siding near Rosburg, have tortured the
aged couple in an effort to find hidden
money. Gibbons and his wife were
pulled from bed and asked where their
money was hidden. They denied hav-
ing any and when threatened contin-
ued their denial. Gibbons was then
thrown back on the bed while the rob-
bers kicked and choked his wife until
she became unconscious and probably
will die. The robbers fed but n was
captured and taken to Tunkahanock
Jail under a heavy guard.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Consider HimeeIs Dead.

Mr.. L., a good-natured German, was
the proprietor of a clothing business in
2 country town. He had In his EN-.
ploy one John S., whom he had ad.
venced from cash boy to head clerk.
Since his promotion john had several
times asked for an increase of salary,
and each time his request had been
granted. One morning he again ap.
reared at the old merchants desk
with another request for an increase
Of $40 a month.
IVY, Shon." said Mr.. L., 81 dink
bays you pooty veil alretty; vat for
bays you any more?"
Well" replied John, confidently. 81
am your principal help here. / know
every detail of the business, and, in.
deed, l think that you could not get
along without me-"
as DOT go? Wy, Shon, vot would ]
do suppose you vas to die?"
well. suppose thst you would have
to get along without me then"
The old Teuton took several whiffs
from his big pipe and finally said:
well, Shon, I guess you peter gon.
slider yourself doad."-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Rhodes Scholarships.

Boston, Mass.-A party Of thirty
five Rhodes scholarship winners will
sail for England, from Boston, Sept.
9th, to enter Oxford University.
Among them are: A.. K. Read, of
Louisiana; W. L. Kendall, of Okla
homa; J. II. Kirkpatrick, of Alabama ;
and T. R. Ashby of Texas. Twenty
staterooms have been reserved for
them on the promenade deck. They
are to pay a formal visit in a body to
President Eliot, of Harvard, before
sailing.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
FRICHTFUL.
COLLISION.
ON SOUTHERN RAILROAD NEAR
KNOXVILLE.
FIFTY FOUR ARE KILLED.
Outright and Scores Injured. Engi-
neers Of Both Trains Buried Be-
meath the Debris. Cause Of Acct
dent Unknown.

Knoxville, Tenn. Running on a
roadbed in a supposedly high condi-
hon of maintenance and having about
them every safeguard known to mod
ern railroading, two trains on the
Southern railroad, carrying heavy
lists of passengers came together in a
frightful head-on collision near
Hodges, Tenn, Saturday afternoon,
sending ffty-four people to death and
injuring one hundred and twenty-five,
several of whom will probably die.
Thiss appallingloss of life and maim-
ing of the living resulted apparently
from the disregarding of orders given
to the two trains to meet at a station
which has for a long time been their
regular meeting point. The claim of
failure to see either the station or
signals cannot be set up by the engi-
neer of the westbound train were he
alive to enter a plea of defense, as
the accident happened in broad day.
light, and, according to the best in
formation o%btainable, he had the or
der in a little frame in front of him
as his monster of iron and steel rush
ed by New Market and soon after
came full upon an eastbound passen-
ger train making for New Market in
compliance with instructions to meet
the westbound train which carried the
sleepers from the east for Knoxville,
Chattanooga and other southern cities.
The possibility exists that the i'll
fated engineer may have been asleep
or that death had suddenly taken the
sight from his eyes before New Mar
ket was reached. But nothing is
known save that the orders were not
obeyed. The trains were on time and
not making over thirty-fve miles an
aour, yet the impact as they rounded
a curve and came suddenly upon each
other was frightful. Both engines and
the major portions of both trains were
demolished. Why the orders were dis
regarded or misinterpreted will never
be known as the engineers of the two
trains were crushed, their bodies re-
naming for hours under the wreck
age Of the monster locomotives, which
but a short time before had leaped
forward at the touch of their strong
hands upon the throttle.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
R SENSATIONS.
Including Cyclone" Scaling 1.-THE
Devils Chimney" Awheel.

The coming to Vicksburg on Octo-
Der 9th of the United Adam Fore
paugh and Sells Brothers Great
Shows recall to mind the fact that
they were the first and are practically
still the only ones to make the bicycle
a tangible big feature by paying fab
ulously fat salaries to its
popularity and dexterity in its use.
All the professional performing cy-
cling celebrities of the past made
their debut and won popularity in
the arena of this noted aggregation, to
be this season superseded and surpass-
ed by the new and phenomenal lead
ers in their line, including Prodigious
Porthos, who makes a bike leap across
a chasm fifty feet in width; Diavolo,
who loops the loop on a bicycle, and
Cyclone" a recent foreign find,
carded as a cycling paradox. Try to
walk around the walls of your parlor
with your body parallel to its floor
and you may get some idea of what
he accomplishes at every performance
in riding and rising on an absolutely
perpendicular line up the circular in
side of "The DEVILS Chimney" the
diameter of which is less than twelve
feet, within which restricted space he
is compelled to generate the tremen-
dous force and to acquire sufficient
speed for the accomplishment of a
feat, which before his appearance
would have been pronounced a sheer
impossibility. AT a superficial glance
"The Wild Wheel Whirl'' act, intro.
duced by the show in question at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
might appear almost identical with
that of Cyclone" but when it is
considered that its performers were
aided by a slanting circular track,
while he starts from the ground
straight up, it can be seen that the
difference in the two achievements is
essentially as phenomenal as that rep
resented by a walk up hill and one
up a perpendicular precipice.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
WEAKNESS OF STRONG MEN.
No Orc Absolutely Free from All Man.
ner Of Defect.

Those who are seeking through
study OF superior men to make them
selves at least less inferior are often
puzzled and bafied by the discovery
Of characteristics that seem absolute
ly incompatible with greatness. There
Is hardly a great man whose life is at
all accurately known IN whom there
was not a weakness that would de-
stroy an ordinary man-sometimes
mental weakness, as utter lack of
Judgment; sometimes moral weak
ness: again. physical weakness.
But is there on record a single case
OF a great man who had not through
his character a certain toughness of
fiber which made him free from the
common weakness of whining and
rushing about for refuge at the FIRST
black lift of adversely? Is not that
fundamental sense Of insecurity, or
inability to stand alone. the great en-
envy we all have to fight? Is It not
the enemy that drives some to the
false courage of drink, others to stink
and crawl along the byways of indi.
rection and crime. many, many others
TO resign the guidance OF their desti.
MES to some master or masters with
hardly an effort to thing or do for
themselves Saturday Evening Post.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

There is now a bill before the
Spanish Cortes, proposed by the min.
lister of finance, to encourage the cul-
tivation of cotton. All land devoted
to the raising Of cotton will be ex-
empt for three years from all tax.
both On land and on all improvements
made, and all live stock used on the
land; and for the next ten years the
tax will only be the same as before
the improvements were made. This
exemption only applies while the land
is planted in cotton. Money prizes
will be paid to those who obtain the
host results.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Why HE WAS NOT DISTURBED.
cIersyman's Explanation Disconnected
WouId-Re Joker,

cIergyman's Explanation Disconeerted
Would-Re Joker.
A clergyman who was travelling
stopped at a hotel much frequented by
wags and jokers.
The host. not being used to having a
clergyman at his table, looked at him
with surprise; the guests used all their
raillery of wit upon him without elicit
ing a remark.
The clergyman ate his dinner quiet.
ly. apparently without observing the
gibes and sneers Of his neighbors.
One OF them at last, In despair of his
forbearance. said to him: We'll,
wonder at your patience! Have you
not heard all that has been said to
your"
"Oh. yes; but I am used to II. Do
you know who I ann"
mo. SIR"
We'll, I will inform you. am chap.
lain OF a lunatic asylum. Such re-
marks have no effect upon me."-Short
Stories.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

New York-Dr. Edward T. w. Ell
lis, whose father is said to have been
a colonel on the staff of General
Grant, and President of a Rockford,
ILL.,, bank, will appear before Recorder
Golf for sentence, having pleaded
guilty to stealing gold from a dentists
Office. In court Ellis made the plea
that he had stolen so that he might
buy bread for his wife and 6-year-old
daughter, whom he represented to be
in a starving condition. Mrs. Ellis
later denied this statement, and said
she had supported herself and daugh-
Ter for some time.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Ssgar
Blown to Pieces.

Melrose, Nassau outward bound
Boston electric car was blown to
pieces in this town. Nine persons
were killed outright, several fatally
injured and at least fifteen OF twenty
severely hurt. 1t is thought that the
car struck a charge of dynamite left
on the track. The front dashboard
Of the car w6s hurled more than Atty
fseh
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

ney Pills did me
a great lot OF
good, and if it
e not true l
would not recon-
mend them. II
was the strain of
liftin g h a t
brought on kid
ney trouble and
weakened m v
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

Philip Hichborn. Rear Admiral United
States Navy, writes from Washington, ID.
C., as follows:
After tie use Of Perund for a short
period, 1 c1n noW cjeerfulLy rec
on, ntend Voer CGtna6te remedy to
cav "itc ,ch0 is tn need Of an tnUtg-
Grating tonic. "--PhtIip Hichborn.
No remedy ever yet devised has received
such unstinted eulogy from so many re-
nowned statesmen and military men as
Peruna.
Our arm and navy are the natural pro-
lection OF our country. Peruna is the nat
ural protection of the army and navy in
the yicissitades of climate and exposure.
II you do not derive prompt and s~atisfac-
tory results from the use of Pcruna, write
at oace tc DR.. Hartman. giving a full state
ment Of your case, and he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitariun. Columbus. o.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Bodies Parboiled.

Port Arthur, Textile bodies of
three of the four victims who fell into
the burning tank of oil have been re-
covered. The bodies were parboiled
beyond recognition, but it is believed
that the body of J. F. Mcdonald is
the one which has been boiled to
pieces. Weeksach, the injured man,
has a chance for recovery.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Indiana Man Missing.

Chicago-Frederick B. Hoover of
Albion, Ind, a jeweler who, with his
wife, arrived in Chicago this wsek,
has disappeared from the hotel at
which he was registered and his wife
fears he has been the victim Of rob-
bers. She says he carried almost
$4,000 with him.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
General Miles to Speak.

New York.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles
will take the stump for Judge Parker.
He made this announcement just after
a visit to Chairman Taggart this week.
He said that he would make several
speeches during the campaign, under
the auspices Of the speakers bureau.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

back, but since using Doan's Kidney
Pills l have lifted coo pounds and felt
no bad effects l have not felt the
trouble come back since, although |
mad suffered for five OIL six years, and
other remedies had not helped me at
ALL"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

FITS permanently cured. No fits o~rrervong.
less after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Creas
NerveRestorer, s2trial bottleand treatise free
DIR. r.. III. MINE. Ltd. a9l Arch vt. phila pa
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

fiso,s Cure Is the best medicine we cvcrusod
lor all affections OF throat and lungs.-wa.
v. ESDsLEY, Vauburen, Ind, Feb. 10. 1900.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

Corruption is declared to be unknown in
Japanese politics.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Brewery Building Burns.

Tim. o.-Ths main building Of tho
Tlssa Brewery sagasa' hsss $4,000
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
Spain to Grow Cotton.

Australia has more churches per capita
than any other country.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29

Lieutenant George G. Warren. of No.
8 Chemical, Washington, d. c., says:
Its an honest fact that Doan's Kid
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-09-29
The STRAIN o. WORK.

Best of Backs Give Out Under the Burder
of Daily Toll.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-08-30
Notice to the Public.

Mr.. A. Nordnann, manufacturer
of pianos, from San Antonio, is in
town again to tune and repair
pianos. He brought also one very
fine frst-class piano and one pianola
which will be on exhibition as soon
as he can find a convenient place to
show them. Mr.. Nordmann is
not a stranger in Brownsville but
has been coming here for the past
fifteen wears. 8-31
Col. Lott came in from Kings
vile last night, to see how matters
are progressing at this end Of the
line.
For SALE-Three lots in Browns
vile, one block from passenger
depot. Also 90 house blocks.
Apply to A. H. Weller. rs tt
WANTED-100 cars bones, all
kinds of junk, bottles, metals, scrap
iron and manila rope. Louis
Kaminsky, Junk Yard, Houston,
Texas So I'm.
The<S Manteo sailed from Gal
weston today, noon, for Point Isa-
bel, with a full load, aed is expect
ed off the bar some time Thursday.
John B. Viano has permanently
located in Brownsville, and is pre-
pared to make yearly contracts to
keep your pianos i'll tune. In this
way you can keep your piano in
tune cheaper than in the usual way.
All work guaranteed. Leave all
orders at Putegnat's drugstore.
S-27-1w.