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at random, while the percentage of men
who are doing great and good work is far
higher even taking only those peers whose
titles have come to them because they are
the sons of their fathers
Going through the list of these names, 1t
Is hard TO find one WHO Is not doing some
public work without fee or reward. or with
only such reward as is trivial 10 a man of
great wealth.
The British peer becomes an officer in the
army or navy, diplomatist. a municipal
administrator and frequently the mayor OF
a town, an explorer of foreign countries,
governor of British colonies or a scientist,
like Lord Raleigh and the late Duke of
Argyle. 1t is quite the exception for him
simply 10 enjoy his title and his money and
rest content with the social prestige of his
position. Nine times out of ten lie tries to
amount to something in the world independ
emily of his rank, and he usually succeeds.
OF course, he has a great start over the
poor boy with similar ambitions; but his
own ambitions are none the less worthy
and creditabie to him on that account.
Typical peers of this order are the Duke
of Sutherland and Lord Ranfuriy. who both
visited America the other day; Lord VOL
verton, and the Earl of Jersey.
A Public Spirited Peer.
The Duke of Sutherland is the head of
family which has been famous throughout
English history from the thirteenth CEN
tury. If any man has right to sit down
and reVel in what his ancestors did. he Is
Cromartie Sutherland Leveson Cover,
which is the dukes unhandy Christian
name.
He has eight or nine titles and owns
/, 35S, 600 acres of land and six palatial
mansions end country seats, yet from boy
hood he has spent all his time in the sefv-
ice of his country. He has been a soldier,
a member of parliament, the lord lieuten-
ant of a county. and half Il dozen other
things. In 1898 he decided that he would
go into LEGAL pClit cs in the town of Long
ton which is near one of his estates. He
was elected a member of tire council, and
dischaI ged his work well that he was
promoted first aid erm3n and then mayor
The titles were not honorary, but were
fairly won by his vigilance in supervising
sanitary inspectors and his keen eye for
the rascaEties of contractors.
Lord Wolverton con es Of great bank
ing family. and is immensely wealthy, but
he devotes most of his time 10 his work
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Young Girls on Streets.

From the Detroit News-TribuDe
Young girls with trim little tailored suits
and natty hats with snooded hair ana fresn
round faces girls who ought to be home
with mother and father. are to be seen upon
Superior street without escort or In groups
of twos and threes at hours long past cur
few time on any night of the week There
is something in the round faces that grips
a little at the heart, however, and there's
too often a swagger TO the hght-footed
walk that seems out of harmony with
sweet girlhood.
There's q quick retort and a ffippant
lest from the lips that should be repeating
the multiplication table at home, and .
bold glance or brazen stare from eyes that
should be yelled in maiden modesty. Poor
little girls. not to know how much more
precious than all things born they are
when they properly estimate their own
worth and prize themselves at 1t. Victor
Hugo once said that he was of those VINO
fall speeches. In the presence OF young
girls and flowers" deeming them holy. And
still they come to be unprized by them
selves, neglected by their proper protectors
and taken at their own estimate by the
world
And IL isn't their fault Most of them
have mothers and fathers who can tell
them of the pitfalls that lie in the path Of
vanity and disobedience Most of Them have
homes that should be their shelter after the
sun goes down, and most Of them would
listen to advice properly given-and In time.
The mother and father who think their duty
done in sending the young daughter out to
school dressed well as the neighbor's
little girl will have lot to answer for
some daV
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tenants In the old days when Gladstonian-
ism was in its prime, but he made HIS
greatest reputation viceroy of India In
the eighties. His name is still revered by
the natives of India more than that of any
other encouragement. He was a peer by
birth, with the title of Earl Ee.sGray, but
he raised step and made marquis
as a reward for his public services. There
are many men In the house of lords who
have been elevated in that way for the
same cause.
There is no lack of men in the house of
lords who have won their titles by public
service fully as distinguished that of
the peers whose names have been men,
toned, but there is space In which to
refer to all of the hundred and odd who
have been made lords by Queen Victoria
and King Edward.
A High Average.
1t must not be SUPPOSED. however that
these peers who have won their titles are
invariably the greatest members of the
house of lords, or the members who have
performed the most valuable public serv-
ice. The IDEA so prevalent, that British
lord is rake and a spendthrift and a
worthless person generally, IS most incor-
rect and unjust. There are a few who come
under the condemnation but the percentage
IS certainly much lower than it would be
among any body of men numerous. taken
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If thou art blessed
Then n, let the sunshine of thy gladness rest
On the dark edges of each cloud that lies
Black in thy brothers skies.
If thou art sad
stu be thou in thy brothers gad d. eM g ADV
genuine old-fashioned Thanksgiving
dinner cannot be prepared while you
wait 1t is work of time, of careful
forethought and planning, If the result is
to be satisfactory all around. This espe-
cially if there is only single pair of hands
to attend to all the preliminary work In
the last grand round up. father and the
children are usually quite ready to assist.
buoyed up by the prospect of the good
things to come. Let father sharpen the
carving knife and crack the nuts and lift
the dripping pan out of the oven, and get
the cider from the cellar and the water
from the well. If so be he has nothing else
to do after he has read his morning paper
and shaved and looked over his wheel or
automobile, invite him to join you in
pairing bee In the kitchen and have a nice
little visit together while you peel the po-
tatoes and tnrnips and onions Let him
smoke If he wants to, while he is thus
usefully engaged, and he won't mind a bit
turning the ice cream freezer or rocking the
baby. It will be pleasant change for him.
Let the children help, too. If the last bit
of silver hasn't been polished, spread a
newspaper on the table and another on the
floor and let them do it. Give them the pan
of apples TO polish and the corn to pop II
you have an extra fire. Everything pos
sible should have been attended to ahead
the house swept and garnished, the cram
berry sauce and jelly made ready, cake and
crullers made, pies all baked excepting the
pumpkin. turkey stuffed and celery cleaned,
wrapped in q cloth and, put in a cool place
to crisp. Even then there will be quite
enough to attend to.
AS soon as the breakfasi work is out of
the way and the chamber work and dust
ing attended to, get the dining room In
order Be sure 1t is well aired and thor
oughly busted. Arrange the sideboard
prettily with your best covers and silver
and china. If you have any old heirloom5
of pewter bring them out Pewter is much
in vogue in London just now, so that you
can have the satisfaction of knowing that
you are in the latest style, as we'll as living
up to tradition. A big round pewter plat
ter makes a delightful foundation for tho
centerpiece, heaped high with rosy apples.
bronzed-cheek pears, purple and white
grapes. porringer may hold the bonbons
or sailed nuts. If you have had fore
thought to collect autumn leaves bitter
sweet or other autumnal scarlet berries,
make your decorations of these, as our Pill
grim mothers probably had to, with no
all ready for the oven, and dinner is listed
for 2 o'clock. you will have plenty of time
to bake your pumpkin pie, make the ice
cream, set the table, get yourself and the
children dressed and have little chance
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EARNED THEIR TITLES
Hard Working Members Of
the House of Lords.
NOT A B LE Elk MI PIES
A MISTAKE TO THINK ALL PEERS
ARE DRoNEs.
As a Rule They Are Philosophical
Men Who Live Useful
Lives.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Americans are prone to believe that the
members of the British house of lords
that their titles. houors and privileges are
inherited and not won by any merit of
their OWE. While tits is true of a good
many, it is by no means true of all Brit
isb peers.
No fewer than 1SS out of the 636 mem
bers of the house of lords won their titles
by hard work and conspicuous service of
their country in one line or another.
1t Is hardly necessary to tell of the SER
vices of such world-famous soldiers as Lord
Roberts, Lord Kitchener and Lord Wolse-
ley. They have all received the highest
honors their country can bestow, including
large grants of money as well as titles.
But it would be easy to pick out a score
of other members of the house of lords
who are great generals. In most cases,
however, their titles have been Inherited,
not won by their skill in the art of war.
Lord Methuen and Lord Dundonald are
good. types of this class of peer
Among the peers who have won their
titles in civil life, it would be hard to find
a better example of the self-made man than
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal. He
left Scotland in his youth plain Donald
Smith, with hardly a penny in his pocket
and nobody to help him save himself. He
went to Canada and rose to be the creates
man in the country
There is no name more intimately con-
nected than his with the development of
the dominion. The building of the Canadian
Pacific railway was Que to lin more than
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Composition in Courses.

From the Cornhill Magazine.
Southey was another methodical and
rapid literary craftsman. Il am a quiet,
patient, easy-going hack OF the mule breed;
regular as clockwork in my pace, sure
footed. bearing the burden which is laid
on me, and only obstinate in choosing my
own path" he wrote to friend. But his
method was by no means simple. He was
a poet, an historian, a critic and a mlscel-
laneous writer; he turned out an enormous
quantity of matter, and succeeded in doing
so by working fourteen hours a day and
diversifying his labors within his daily
round. He had six tables in his library
He wrote poetry at one, history at
other, criticism at a third, and so on with
the other subjects upon which he was en-
gagged, and when he tired of spinning
his brains into verse he turned to history
and criticism. There is a story that he
once described to Nine de Stael the d.
vision of his time-two hours before break
fast for history, two hours for reading
after two hours for the composition OF
poetry, two hours for criticism, and so
through all his working day. And pray.
Mr.. Southey."> queried the French woman.
somewhat unkindly. when do you Think"
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The Varied Agriculture Of Oklahoma.


The first journey of the missionary super
intendent was made to Colony. From Okla
homa the route lies westerly seventy-six
miles. over the Choctaw. Oklahoma and
Gulf railway. AS the train leaves the me-
tropolis It glides along rich farm lands.
where preparations have already begun for
fail sowing Of wheat, or near cotton fields,
whose dark green foliage is decorated with
the silver white boils, even now bursting
open to tempt the hand of the picker.
Side by side with this leading product Of
the south may be seen broad acres OF tall
corn with leaves already brown, and GOLDEN
ears hanging gracefully ready to be pluck
cd py the shucker, who drives his team and
cart In this forest Of fodder, through which
his cattle will roam all winter and grow fat
upon the rafting leaves. Fields OF lux
uriant alfalfa are on either side of the
track, and great watermelon patches. on
which the luscious fruit lies 80 thick that
1t would be impossible to drive team
across without crushing monsters weighing
from forty to sixty pounds each
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as a member of the LONDON county council
an unpaid office. lie &C ed as 10 d Roberts
press censor in the South African CAM
paign, and is now REGARDED s. rhe repre-
sentative of the British board o. trade in
the house of lords. He never has spare
moment from work. Not ono of the thou
sand clerks and officials m MS big hank
ing house labors as ma he does.
Colonial Governors
Lord Ranfurly and the Ear! % Jersey
are good examples of the British peer who
devotes his life TO serving England in her
colonies. The former has just returned
home after brilliant period of service as
governor of New Zealand
Lord Jersey is a man who belongs to the
same class as Lord Cromer and Lord Mil
ner. He has done work as great as theirs,
but without coming much into public
notice. He was the best governor that
New South Wales ever had, and probably
the best governor who ever went out from
England to Australia.
When he came hou-a in 1899. he might
well have rested on his laureIs. bat he has
a consuming passion for work, although
he cares absolutely nothing for fame. He
was offered brilliant positions as an am
bassadoI, governor general of India.
a cabinet minister; indeed he was prac-
tically told to pick what he wanted.
He declined all the great places. and
asked to be made chairman Of the light
railway commissioners, a useiCi but OBJ
scure body of men, In that position he has
worked like horse, and twice broken
down from nervous exhaustion.
These are only two or three hard workers
among hundreds of their kind who might
be named. But they are sufficient TO show
that the contempt with which the British
house of lords is SO often regarded is alto
gether unjust. The average British peer
whether he wins his title inherits it,
would be regarded in the United States as
a worthy and patriotic citizen. He is rarely
a drone.
Life Peers.
There are some members of the house
who are life peers" and whose titles do
not descend to their sons. These men
were mostly raised to the peerage by rea-
son of their conspicuous ability as lawyers.
A life peerage is the recognized reward Of
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place in the Quaker mind alongside Phila-
deiphia caDon.
middle west and the lone star state are the
men behind the Thanksgiving turkey they
are not tie men who eat it by any manner
of means. 1t is to be doubted whether half
the turkey raisers ever taste turkey meat
the year around: shippers tell of farmers
who, after reservng certain number of
fowls for breeding purposes, sell all the
rest of their flock, not even reserving one
for themselves for either of the two great
holidays.
Still. these self-abnesating gentlemen
have plenty of good company. In many
parts of the south turkey never appears on
the Thanksg giving or the Christmas board,
centers as San Francisco and Denver,
many a child has to depend on a natural
history for acquaintance with the national
! ird
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21
A Marvellous Watch,

A marvellous watch Is that Of which
. gentleman in Berlin is the proud
owner. 1t is less than a quarter OF
an inch in diameter, the face being
about the size Of the head of . small
drawing-pin. The case Is Of gold,
and the whole watch weighs under
two grains (the two hundred and for
tieth part of an ounce, troy)- The
works and hands are Of the finest
tempered steel, and the Jewels con
sist Of minute fragments of diamond.
But even this does not exhaust III
marvels. II actually has q tiny dial
to mark the seconds, Just as SO many
large watches have. The hand of
this dial 10 less than on~e-sixteenth Of
an inch long. It is a keyless watch
Ct the latest pattern. and the awner
would rot sell it for five hundred
pounds. Probably there Is NO TIMER
timepiece in the world. It's maYveIs
ct workmanship a only be proparly
appreciated with the aid of a micro
gcope.-Cassells Saturday Journal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21
WAS GOING TOO FAR.
Mail Carrier Thought Advertising
Was Being Carried to Excess.

Mail Carrier Thought Advertising
Was Being Carried to Excess.
YES" said the rural mail carrier,
81 believe that advertising pays, and
all that; but some people ov~erindulge
in it. Now there is a Mr.. Whooper.
the rich city man, who owns the e
house-calls it his country residence
down the Brownsville road. It's on
my route, you know. Mr.. Whooper
made his money selling a corn salve
he invented; and he's got a nice place
out there. I'll say that-certainly,
but it's spoiled for me-"
What's the matter with it?" asked
the postmaster.
We'll, you know l had mail to de-
liver there this morning, the first mail
since the Whoopers arrived yester-
day. And what do you think? On q
big rug at the front door there was
the world 'salve' in letters a foot long.
Advertising corn cure, and on a foot
wiper in front Of his own door, too!
I'm Disguised"
"Oh, you pronounce the word
wrong" said the postmaster. eft has
two s~yllables. and is Latin, and
sounds something like 'sal-ve.' At q
portal it mean welcome
81 don't care. It's too suggestive
that's what it is" asserted the car
rier, as he turned to the ice water
tank.-New York Times.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21
Catarrh Cannot Re Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they canuot
reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure II you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
Halls Catarrh Cure Is not q quack medicine.
1t was prescribed by one Of the best physi-
clans in this country for years, and is a reg
ular prescription, 1t Is composed of the
best tones known. combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu-
cous surfaces. The perfect combination OF
the two Ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials. free.
FL. CnHNEv 1 Co.. Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by dresis6, price, fbc.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21
THEY WERE BOTH STOLEN.
How Smart Slave Proved the Truth
Of HE Statement.

How Smart Slave Proved the Truth
Of His Statement.
Jerome 8. McWade." said Booker
T. Washington. seemed to me, wher
I was q boy, to be the smartest coloret
man In the world.
Jerome was a slave. He lived In
Virginia, at Hale's Ford. One day he
appeared In a red velvet waistcoat
and straightway he was seized n
taken to the once, for this waistcoai
was the masters property. The mas
ter had worn u on his wedding day.
Well, Jerome managed to prove
that he had not stolen the waistcoat
Calhoun Hamilton had stolen it, and
Jerome had bought it from Calhoun
for q small sum.
Now. Jerome the master said, y
admit you're not q thief. but you're s
receiver Of stolen goods, and that's
just as bad
mo, no.. SIR said Jerome. No
no.. That is not just as bad by nc
means.
why isn't it just as bad?' said the
master.
Because you wouldn't receive
stolen goods yourself, sir. IL 1t was
bad
How do you mean? Me a receiver
OF stolen goods? Explain yourself,
the master commanded.
why. sir said Jerome, 'yol
bought and paid for me, the same a.
bought and paid for that red velve
waistcoat. Wen, wasn't | stolen, same
as the waistcoat was! Wasn't I stoleI
out Of Africa?'"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21
METHODS OF KEEPING BOOKS.
10 a Lead Pencil Worth More Than q
Pen7

10 a Lead Pencil Worth More Than Q
Pen7
The supervision Of every store
should extend to the books.
The simplest is always the best
method of expression. Why use 9
pen, penholder, ink and erasers, wher
a pencil with a rubber on the end will
supply all demands better, cheaper
and with less labor.
Is there any good reason why a re
tail merchant should not keep his
books in lead pencil? One Of Chica-
COS largest wholesale houses does.
If pencil is used then the books
used can be of cheaper paper and cor
respondingly less expensive. There
fore, l think a retail merchants books
should be kept with a hard lead OF
indelible pencil.
It is easier, cleaner, takes less time
and makes the correction Of errors
quicker and easier. Ink is no safe
guard against errors or dishonesty. A
man can falsify and steal as easily
through ink as through pencil.
Bookkeeping is only memorandum
work anyhow. Make 1t as simple ant
easy as possible. Don't waste prof
in ink. 1t is the little leaks that ca
up the profits. Unnecessary labor II
q leak. Expensive paper In books 1,
wasteful. believe in cheap pape
and pencils, bright boys and girl
who a add and subtract, and goo'
common sense business judgment t,
tell them how to put the figures dow
SO they will add up something t.
show the movement Of the business
Victor Robertson in Credit Man
Bulletin.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21
When Trees Were Valued.

Harry c.. Piercy, member of tn,
Republican Club House Committee
overheard an amusing conversation a
the ladies' reception in the new clul
house last week. A very pretty cir
was talking to an elderly man. The,
were standing by the window in tn,
lounging 20 facing Bryant Park.
"Oh, Colonel" said the young lady
"just look at those trees! Aren't the,
beautiful"
Eyes, to some extent" replied tn,
old warrior; but"
"Why, don't you like trees?" inter
rupted the girl.
Indeed do! There were time,
when l positively loved them-durin,
the war."-New York Times.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21
CASE OF SATISFIED AMBITION
Young woman's Lons-wished Fer De
sire oratined.

-
Young womsn's Lons-wlshed Fer De
slrs oratlned.
Two young women were discussing
their late vacations at a wellknown
club for business women down town,
says the New York Press. One OF
them said enthusiastically:
of course. you found the scenery
inspiring, but what part of your trip
did you really enjoy the most?"
The other woman gave vent to q
ripping laugh and replied:
We'll, II you want to know the
truth. 1t was my meals in the restaur.
ants attached to the various stations
where | made close connections"
The first speaker, q confirmed trav.
eler. gasped incredulously, but the
second continued her explanation:
1T was the first time in my life that
really felt free to spend money Just as
l liked and I took q childish satisfac
ton In the depot restaurants-not
lunch counters, mind you, but dinfns
rooms with real tables and table
cloths. AS a child I suffered tortures
OF indigestion and modification from
being forced to eat out of a family
lunch basket where everything had alb
sorbed the flavor Of everything else
To leave that lunch basket or shoe
box at home and enter the sacred pre-
cincts of a depot restaurant was ons
OF the ambitions Of my girlhood- ]
presume no ambition is SO small that
its qualification does not bring . Ger
tain sense Of exuItation."
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21

Kidney Pills | test-
bed that they had
relieved me OF kid
neg trouble, dis
posed of q lame
back with pain
across my loips and
beneath the Shout
der blades. Dur
ing the interval
which has elapsed
l have had occasion
to resort to Doan's
Kidney Pills when
noticed warnings
OF an a On
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-21

So named because so acres produced 40
heavily, that its proceeds built a lovely
home. See Salzer's c~atalog. Yielded in
1904 in Ind. 1877 bn.. Ohio 100 bu.. Tenn.
% bu., and in Mich. 200 bu. per acre.
You can beat this record in 1904.
WHAT DO you THINK OF THESE YIELDS
PER ACRE?
30 Blu. Beardless Barley per acre.
2l0 bu. Salzer's New National Oats per A.
40 bu. Salzer Speltz and Macaroni Wheat.
] 900 blu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre.
IA tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay.
60. 900 lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep-per A.
1900 lbs. Teosinte, the fodder wonder.
81, 900 lbs. Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn
rich, juicy fodder. per A.
Now, such Yields you can have. Mr.,
Farmer. in 1904, if you will plant Salzer's
seeds. [A.C.L.J