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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

The following story is told ION" a
Kansas City couple, whose marriage
was announced recently: The young
man persuaded the girl to marry him
while they were in another town on
an excursion trip. They came home,
and for two weeks told no n their
secret. One night they were playing
bridge whist with the girls parents.
They had decided to spring their sur
prise that night, and the young man
was trying all through the game to get
up nerve to do SO. Finally he
screwed his courage up. In the mid
die of a hand he turned to the girls
father and said:
1--WE something to tell you. Grace
and l we're married three weeks ago.
A look of anger spread over the IA
theirs face. Glaring across the board
at the girls mother, he said:
Hang 1t, Hattie! What made you
lead that ace? You've lost us another
trick."-Kansas City Times,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
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Address,
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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
Tnn Hlnh a Price.

A farm laborer who was getting
married found that he had not enough
money with which to pay the minis
ter's fee. He promised, however, to
pay him in potatoes when they were
ready for digging up. The minister
waited for some time. but no pota-
toes were forthcoming; so he called
upon the man and inquired the rea-
son..
well, to tell you the truth, Guv-
ner," was the reply, "Td like to give
YOU the potatoes, but she amt worth
1t"-Harper's Weekly.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
Green Hair.

There are men living today with
green hair. This weird color is not
a curious fad, but the result OF work
ing In a copper mine, where, l n order
to become a marketable commodity.
The crude ore is roasted in furnaces.
II is stated that, although no onen-
siye odor emanates from the process,
there is nevertheless some strange
substance therein that produces a
chemical change of the hair and
beard. so that they become as green
as grass. Strange to say. the texture
of the hair suffers no injury. but re-
mains as soft and glossy as ever
P~earson's Weekly.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
Fine Place for a Stroll.

William Aston Chanler, the young
explorer. was one of the guests at a
dinner given in Washington by Count
Cassini.
A young woman congratulated him
on his energetic and successful life.
She praised ardently his two books
of travel. Finally she asked him to
describe a real typical jungle for her.
MI. Chandler smiled.
"A real jungle, a typical jungle?"
said he. "Well, I should describe a
jungle of that sort as a forest of fish
hooks, relieved by an occasional
patch of pen-knives."
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

were too copious and frequent, and
very bad In appearance. 1t was in
1903 that Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me so quickly and cured me of these
troubles, and I've been well ever
SINCE"
Foster MiIburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
For sale oy all druggists. Price. 50
cents Der box.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

The Japanese have adopted a horizon
tai staff with eye positions and degrees
marked off at each end. These are
adjusted to bear upon a given point.
The angles are read and the distances
between them gives the distance of the
object. This staff is 50 arranged that
it can be readily used anywhere. even
behind a tree which will shelter the
typographical engineer who is making
the survey.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
BREAKFAST FOOD.

What sort of breakfast food do you
like, Mr.. Newcomer" asked Mrs.
Starvem on his first morning in her
house.
well. ma'am," replied the new
boarder, II wouldn't mind some ten
derloin steak. a couple O. poached
eggs on toast, lamb chops, hot mullins,
coffee and cantaloupe." philadelphia
Press.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

ton which causes the car to travel
across the canal.
The canal was adopted by the United
States Government about four years
ago increasing it's width from 240 to
300 feet in width, and constructing
permanent piers of crib-work and con-
crete.-Scientifc American.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
NO WONDER.

Gray-Terrible storm we had last
evening, wasn't it? Thundered loud
enough to wake the dead.
Smith-So? l didn't hear 1t.
Gray-Didn't hear It! Why, man.
where were you?
Smith-At home. An old school
mate of my wife that she hadn't seen
for years spent the evening at our
house.=Chicago News.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
A Woman Farmer.

The pluckiest farm woman in this
State lives in this county, in the Neo-
sho bottoms. She is Mrs. Lee JAMS
sen. Mrs. Jansen has just marketed
1000 bushels of wheat, which she
raised on forty acres. The land was
plowed and seeded by herself and her
thirteen-year-old son. She also pre-
pared ffty-five acres for a neighbor.
This spring she has planted and Gull
tivated thirty-five acres Of corn. Mrs.
Jansen is a widow, and during the
past two years lost everything in the
Neosho overfows. = Chanute Core
spondence Topeka State Journal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
KEEPS HIM HANDY,

He-Who is that W. looking
party that is shadowing Miss Passay!
Is he a private detective?
She-No; he is a minister. She
says three men have slipped through
her fingers In the last year. and the
next n that proposes is going to be
nailed on the spot!-Detroit Free
Press.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
ALI, ON HIM.

Look here!" remarked the thrifty
man to his extravagant wife, you're
carrying too much sail, my lady"
81 don't know why you should
bother about that she retorted.
"No?" said he. II think should,
since l have to raise the
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

of BrigntS dlS-
ease, | am sure.
l had eye trouble,
~backache, catches
when lying abed
or when bending
over, was languid
and often dizzy
and had sick
headaches and
be aring-do W n
pains. The kid
n y ~secretionS
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.

How q Chicago Woman Found Help
When Hope Was Fast Fading Away.
Mrs. e. T. Gould, 914 w. Lake ST.
Chicago, ILL.,, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills are all that saved me from death
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
AS the nursing bottle is an essential
feature in the average household, the
wonder is that appliances for its efh-

cient and convenient manipulation are
looked upon as curiosities and Injuries,
instead of being considered necessities.
The only explanation of this phenome-
non is apparently found in the inherent
trait in woman that induces her to go
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
MEASURING DISTANCES.
flow the Japanese Have Developed
a New aid Novel Method OF Per-
forming the Work.

The Japanese have developed a new
and very convenient way of measuring
distances, which has proved very use
full in their war. The common way In
the army of measuring great distances
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

Mrs. Yinslo VS. Soothing Syrup for Chlldre,
!eethins, soften tho gums reduces infamma-
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
DISPlAcES The C0RkSCREW.

The trick of removing the cork from
a bottle with the aid OF. two penknife
blades is one which is familiar to near
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

FITSpermanently cured. No fits o nervons-
noss after first days nss ofDr. Kline's Grea::
NervcDestorer S2trial bottleand ~treatisc FREQ
DR.. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spokeno ,,
fsa cough cure.-J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Thrill
Avenue, N, Minneapolis, MIMI, Jan 6. 1901.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

Is to station two officers at a. distance
apart, and make a ~triangulation; that
is. each of them directs his glass at
the same angle until the two lines OF
conveyance meet at some point. Then
the distance between the officers is
measured for the base line, and the
real distance found by computation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

The salary Of the Governor-tseneral of
Canada is $4,000 a year
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
For Mnsnrifo I;itas

Dresden is one of the few cities possess
ing a municipal newspaper.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

japanese trade with Australia is in
c~reasing rapidly both ways.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

The naval militias Of the States com
prise AS officers and 47io men.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
DISFlGURED BY MA

Wonderful Change in n N~ight-In O Month
Face Was Clear as Ever-Another
Cure by C%uticura.
81 had eczema on the face for live
months, during which time l was in the
care of physicians. Ny face was so dis
figured l could not 60 out, and it was going
from bad to worse. A friend recommended
Cuticura. The first night after washed
my face with Cuticura Soap and used Gu
ticura Ointment and Resolvent | changed
wonderfully. From that day | was able to
60 out, and in a month the treatment had
removed all scales and scabs, and my face
was as clear as ever. (Signed) L. j.. Soth,
3l7 Stage Street, Brooklyn, N. T."
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

More than two thousand skilled
workmen have left the French silk
factories of Roubaix and Turcolne
within a zeal for the United States.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21

For Mosquito Elites
And the poisonous sting of all insects
Sloan's Liniment is the great antiseptic.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-21
A TRICK WITH DoMINoEs.

The number of persons convicted in
Prussian courts last year for lese
majestic was 1874. as against 1913 in
1903
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Railway Rates tho Issue.

In the opinion of Representative Hull of Iowa, the chairman of the military affairs committee in the last Congress, the battle ground in Congress this year will center around railway rate legisla- ton, He thinks the House will pass any railway bill the President approves. As to the Senate he does not know.
 ''In the railway business" said Mir Hull. ''I found the President as firm and as interested as ever. There will be lively fight at the coming session of Con- gress and the House will go with the that most of the demand for rate legis- lation is in the west. The east appar- entity cares little about 1t. but the west Is determined. As most of the new mem- bers of the House are from the west there should be even a greater majority for President Roosevelts policy than there was last year.
 Tt Is probable that new measure will finally go before the House. which will differ in some respects from the Esch- Townsend bill. which went through last session. Experience will probably show that there are defects in that bill which will be remedied in the new measure What Is wanted Is a law that Is not drastic enough to do the railroads serious harm. but which will be effective enough to protect the people. This is the sort of bill that will eventually grow out of the elaborate discussion of the rate oues- tion. As for the tariff think the pres ent prosperity of the country Is suffici- ent evidence that the present rates are satisfactory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
SHAW'S SPEECH MAY
 BE VERY MISLEADING
Democrat of Jacksonville Resents tho Inference That They Are All
 Protectionlsts.

Jacksonville, Fla, October 3.-In refer enee to Secretary Shaw's statement, made in Richmond last night, that before tho board of trade of Jacksonville "a man said to be the leading lawyer of the state. a democrat, declared that practically all the men present were protectionists," and that to this there was no voice of dissent
 Duncan U. Fletcher. chairman of the democratic executive committee. says:
 Secretary Shaw's statement at Rich mond as given out. may mislead The text of his address and of the several short speeches before tho board of trade at Jacksonville, did not call for debate of political questions of partisan char aoter. The speaker he alludes to speaks for himself, and did not speak or pretend to speak for the democrats present, or throughout the state. It was social gathering, and if broad assertion that the democrats present were all protec- tionists had been made, which l am sure is a mistake, no one would have felt 1t important or opportune to question 1t at the time. I am surprised that tho sec retary seems impressed that partisan politics were appropriate subjects for dis cussion at meeting held to extend him courtesies and listen to his interesting and non-partisan address, as the head of a most important department of the general government, and if such allusions crept into tho remarks of others, there were need for challege then and there, otherwise silence meant acQuiesence."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Broke All Previous Records.

New York, October 3-Baances of tho clearing house banks today were greatly in excess of all previous records, amount ing to $42.331 .709 as against $33, ,793 on Saturday last. which was the previous high record.
 The debit balance of the National Bank of Commerce today amounted to s37. .661 ,000, which Is new high record for any in- dividual institution either on the debt or credit sides. The National City bank re- ported a credit of $10.545,000 which about represents the amount deposited there by the city yesterday in tax payments.
 The large figures of the last few days are further reflection of recent financial operations. These include heavy October disbursements for interest and dividends: payments for Pennsylvania and Atchison syndicate undertakings and other oper- ations not yet disclosed.
 The banking community is still at a loss to account for last weeks illogical bank statement. A careful analysis of the statement made today showed that a large amount of the entire surplus re- serve was held by one bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
DELIGHTFUL DANCE
 GIVEN AT ATHENS
NUMBER OF COUPLES OF YOUNG , PEOPLE GATHERED THERE SAT-
 URDAY NIGHT-COMPLiMENT-
 ARY TO VISITING GIRLS.

Athens, October 3.-tSpeeial.)-On of the most delightful entertainments of the season was the informal dance given last night by some of the young men of the town as @ compliment to number Of visiting young ladies. About twenty couples were present, and among whom were: Miss Mason, Miss Persley. Miss Mcclure, Miss Coffe. Miss Hobbs. Miss Richardson, Miss vandergrift, Miss Me- Williams. Miss Westmoreland. Miss Stacy, Miss White and Miss Tillman; Mir. Cole, MT. Mason, Mr. Armstrong. MT. Richard son, MT. Horton, MT. Jordan Phillips, MT. Turrentine, MT. Cartwright, MT. Pettus. MT. Stone. Mr. Moore and MT. Richard son.
 The party was chaperoned by MT. and Mrs. Binford. Mir and Mrs Mcclelland and Mrs Rosneau. Dancing was engaged in until a late hour and all present pro- nounced the dance one of the summers enjoyable events.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
'T|N SOLDIERS" SAY CITIZENS OF EDNA No Trace of the Negro Has Yet
 Been Found MILITARY IS CRITICIZED The Search Has Been So Prolonged That It Is Believed the Negro
 Is Completely Ex-
 hausted.
MILITARY IS CRITICIZED

Edna Tex. October 3.-There is little new in the situation regarding the chase after the negro Monk Gibson, charged with the murder of five members of the Conditt fan ..y-
 There are still 200 men in the bottom, who have been searching for miles, with no trace of the negro that has led to any where.
 Four companies of the military are en- camped here, and they are being 1eereo by many of the younger element while the older heads content themselves with criticisms of the governor and facetious remarks about ''tin soldiers"
 Adtutant General Hulen is in command and has had a number of conferences with the authorities. but there are no de- velopments as result thereof
 If the officers had the negro they would certainly have turned him over to this formidable array of military There are now many who believe that the negro must have gotten away or died. The ne- gro got away Friday night after having been given a severe thrashing, enough to materially weaken a much strong CT man. During the four nights and four days since then he could have had little sleep if he were in the bottoms, even though other negroes fed him, and none have been found who admit that they had done so. There Is nothing in the bottoms that could sustain life for any length of time. Men and horses are worn out by the long search, and fresh ones have been put into the chase. But the negro has been kept on the go if he has been where 1t was believed he went. Every county in this section of the state Is now represented among the searchers, and every nook and corner of the county has been gone over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
CABINET TAXES UP
 CHINESE BOYCOTT Present System is Found to
 Have Defects TAFT TELLS WHAT HE SAW Session Was One of the Largest Held During the Administration of Pres ident RooseveIt-Shaw and
 Metcalf Absent.
TAFT TELLS WHAT HE SAW

Washington, October 3.-The most in- terestng subjects discussed at the cabi- net meeting were: First. the Chinese boycott against American goods; and, second. the ccnsiderstiap of complaints made by the Chinese against the method of execution of the existing Chinese ex- clusion laws. The important fact devel- oped was that the Presidents efforts last summer to allay the indignation of the Chinese by a circular to the Ameri
 can ministers to China and Japan, and consular officers therein had failed in measure, and required considerable amendment to secure the object sought.
 Minister Rockhill himself reported that it had not been found possible to carry out the instructions contained in the cir cular without doing injustice to worthy Chinese and imposing burdens too heavy to be borne upon the American consuls.
 Taft Takes Prominent Part.
 Secretary Taft took prominent part in the discussion of this matter when 1t was broached by Secretary Root. and presented some of the results of his ob- servations on his recent trip. It devel- Opeu lndt lne requirement. tldt AHleTl- can consuls identify the Chinese seeking certificates admitting them to American ports, imposed a task upon the officials beyond their ability. The Chinese appli- cant frequently came from some place far distant from the American consulate and the consul was consequently obliged to refuse to identify as proper persons to be admitted to the United States, many worthy Chinese, which, of course. led to bitter complaint, and fostered the boycott feeling. A Chinese merchant who de- sired to send his son as a shop assistant in his branch store in the United States with a view of ultimately associating himself in partnership, found that the boy barred on the charge that he was a coolie. These were only a few of the complaints made against the ad- ministration of the existing exclusion law. The trend of the opinion in the cabinet meeting was that these com plaints after all, were directed rather against the construction placed upon the law, than against the act itself, and es- pecially against the definition given in California to the term "coole," so 1t was practically decided that some important changes In the present regulations must be made
 Two Members Absent.
 Today's session was the first regular meeting of the cabinet held for some months, and 1t was one of the longest held during the administration of Presi- dent Roosevelt. It was attended by all the members of. the cabinet except Sec retary Shaw, who Is absent from tue city, and Secretary Metcalf, who is i'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
NO ARRESTS MADE.
Police Still Confident of Solving Bos-
 ton Mystery.

Boston, October 3.-The expectation Of the police that an arrest in connection with the Winthrop suit case mystery would be made today was not fulfilled and tonight there did not appear to be any immediate prospect of an arrest.
 While the Boston police do not put any faith in the value of the photograph iden- tified as being that of one of the mon carried by cabman Timothy Howard to the Chelsea ferry on the night preceding the gruesome find, the state police are working on this clue because they want to locate the manager of Fremont street medical office, who is known to be the man of the photograph.
 We have more promising evidence In our hands, said Chief Joseph E. Shaw of the state police today, than we have had since the beginning of the case. It begins to look as If we will solve the mystery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
GOMEZ WILL NOT
 SEE PRESIDENT
SAYS HE DOES NOT SEEK TO
 HAVE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT INTERVENE IN CUBAN AFFAIRS.

New York, October 3-Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez. the governor of Santa Clara province, Cuba, who recently resigned as the liberal candidate for the presi- dency of Cuba in opposition to President Palma. arrived here today on the steamer Monterey. He will remain in this coun- try about two weeks for rest.
 Asked If he should visit Washington or call on President Roosevelt. General Co., meg said:
 ''I do not know if will visit Washing ton, but l do not expect to visit Presi- dent Roosevelt"
 When informed of the report that he came on a mission to ask American in- tervention In Cuban politics, he replied with an emphatic mo"
 General Gomez said he did not know whether the liberal party would place a candidate in the field in December to contest the election with President Pal ma, the candidate of the moderate party. The national convention of the party which was held on Sunday last refused to accept his resignation. but he as yet had not been 80 informed as he sailed before the convention met. Therefore. he was not prepared to say what would be his future course.
 General Gomez Is accompanied only by O. Ferrera, lawyer of Havana. It was learned aboard the ship that both Gu bans and Americans with business inter- ests in Cuba entertain some anxiety over the outcome of the political dissensions. MT. Ferrera, while almost as reticent as MT. Gomez, said that all the 1ails in santa Clara province were filled with po- litical prisoners. MT. Ferrera is a po- litical leader on the island, and 1t was said aboard the Monterey, Is one of Gu ba's constitutional authorities. and an orator of the liberal party. He. however, professed lack of knowledge of the English language whom questioned on politics. \.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
GO AFTER GROVE.
VIII Be Extradited on Charge of At-
 tempting Life of Officer.

Omaha, Neb., October 3.-Steps were taken today to bring Pat Grove to Oma- ha immediately. and the chief of police of Butte, Mont. has been asked to hold him until Nebraska officers can reach there.
 Chief Donahue today caused to be filed in the district court information against Grove charging him with shoot ing with intent to kill Officer Jackson two weeks ago. He will be returned on this charqe