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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MULES.
Classification Depends Upon Work
They Are to Do.

They Are to Do.
"The classification of Missouri's
great product, the mule, is the hardest
of all livestock" said John Grant.
ITO most people the animal is sim
ply a mule, with a strong Inclination
to emphasize his presence with a KICK.
To most buyers he Is good or pad,
large or small, smooth or rough, will
probably bring a certain price on the
market, OF will not be wanted at all.
Among dealers who supply the differ
ent demands he is classified according
to weight, bone, size, color, age, mouth,
teeth, broken or u%nbroken, length and
breadth and also in regard to the To-
cality of the buyer. In the first place,
green, unbroken mules are never
wanted. Once in a while we receive
a few, and generally have to sell them
at a sacrifice. The principal classes
of mules known to the market are
cotton mules, lumber mules, railroad
mules, sugar mules, farm mules, levee
mules, city mules and miners. Miners
are classed as surface and pit mules.
Cotton mules are the commonest
| kind in regard to number. Their build
| makes little difference, so long as they
! are smooth. Lumber mules are the
/ largest, heavy-boned, ragged grades,
| 1873 to 1872 hands, or better. They are
used insthe big lumber camps for log
| ging, and must have the weight for
good, heavy pulling. Similar to the
lumber mule is the railroader. They
are used in grading, hauling and all
the work that is known in the con-
%struction of railroads. Sugar mules
belong to the fancy class. They must
be smooth, built rangy, small head and
| neck, small bones. Farm mules vary
in size, but are formed from the re-
| jected ones of the foregoing classes.
'Levee mules, as the word implies,
are used near steamboats, and docks
| for the heavy work. They are general
ly single workers, and must be of the
rugged class. Their looks matter little
so long as they are sound and fit for
hard work. A city mule includes the
small light grades, such as you see on
delivery and transfer wagons. The
high prices in the last year have re-
duced the number greatly.
'The miners are the hardest class tc
supply. They must be either a dark
bay or black in color. White and sor-
rel mules are never used. Where the
mines have long shafts, in the Penn.
sylvania coal regions especially, they
say a white mule resembles a ghost
and frightens the other mules beyond
control. The pitters must be long II
body, heavy-boned and have goot
weight.
""The government buys all classes o.
mules, but that is done according te
contract, and prices held a wide range
They never buy a low-priced animal
and they are rigid in their examina'
ons."-Kansas City Star.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
How He Was Crushed.

A dudish young man sat on the end
Of the seat of an open a with a
sens 4 proprietor lp, when another
dud young man jumped upon the
footboard and stared at him for a mo-
ment and then said:
"Thir, why donth you hitch along?"
"Why should l hitch along?" queried
the other. E
because, thir-because | lisp. If
you will pay attention you will see
thath lisp. l have had a front tooth
taken out, thir, Yes, thir, | have had
a front tooth taken out SO as to make
me lisp. and I demand. thir-I demand
thath you hitch along and give me the
end seat"
you are way off, my lisping friend.
| Can't you see that I have just had
my ears manicured and that they are
of a beautiful pink"
ooh, I thee" said the lisping young
man. Eyes, thir, | thee, and will
admit thath pink ears beat a lisp, but
l will climb over you and thit down
and feel duly crushed."-Cincinnat
ENQUIRER.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
Introduction of the Peach.

There is an interesting story about
the introduction of the peach into
America more than 200 years ago. In
Maryland there is an old estate called
Peach Blossom, which was the seat OF
the historical Robins family, who
came from England. One of the fam
lily; Thomas Robins, was a great trav-
eler and roamed all e the accessible
regions of the world. In Persia he
found the peach a fruit then unknown
in England and America, and brought
back some peach stones which were
planted on the Robins estate. When
the trees blossomed the flowers were
so much admired that the name of the
estate was. changed from Arcadia to
Peach Blossom. A stone tablet once
gave the date of the planting of the
peach stone, but it has disappeared in
the general wreck and ruin of the
place, the glories of which departed
many years ago.-National Fruit
Grower.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
BOX OF WATERS FREE-No DRUGS
-cUReS BY ABSORPTION.
Cures Belching of Gas Bad Breath and
Bad Stomach Short Breath
B1oating-Sour Fluctuations
rra-nIn. Hanrt EAo-

BAD tOmachs- Short Breath
Bl~oating-Sour Fluctuations
Irregular Heart, Etc.
Take a MulPs Wafer any time of the day
or night, and note the immediate good eff
feet on your stomach. 1t absorbs the gas,
disinfects the stomach, kills the poison
germs and cures the disease. Catarrh of
the head and throat, unwholesome food
and overeating make bad stomachs.
Scarcely any stomach is entirely free from
faint of some kind. MulPs Anti-Belch
Waters will make your stomach healthy
by absorbing foul gases which arise from
the undigested food and by reinforcing
the lining of the stomach, enabling it to
thoroughly mix the food with the gastric
juices. This cures stomach trouble, pro-
notes digestion, sweetens the breath, stops
belching and fermentation. Heart action
becomes strong and regular through this
process.
Discard drugs, as you know from expert
ence they do not cure stomach trouble.
Try a common-sense (Nature's) method
that does cure. A soothing healing sen
sation results instantly.
We know MulPs Anti-Belch Waters will
do this, and we want you to know it..
SPECIAL OFFER.-The regular price of
Mulps Anti-Belch Waters is Soc. a box, but
to introduce it to thousands of sufferers
we will send two (2) boxes upon receipt Of
75c. and this advertisement, or we will
send you a sample free for this coupon.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
Umbrella watch-s natchIns

Two tall, fair-haired British girls,
who gave their names as Fanny Sod
way and Mary Mulldoey, were arrest
ed in Paris, recently, while picking
pockets with the help of a most ingen-
ious device attached to a parasol es-
pecially constructed for thieving.
In the handle was a spring, which
acted on a pair Of strong nippers con-
cealed in the point Of the ferrule. The
girls held their parasols under their
arms, and by means of the spring
would work the Eippers to cut a watch
chain. Then one of them would deftly
pick the victims pocket of his watch.
After being followed by a detective
they were caught red-handed on the
terrace Of the Arc de Triomphe, and
stated that they had recently come
from Melbourne.-London Mail.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
The shah's Prophetic couI2

An anecdote. is being told of the
Shah which shows that the Oriental
imagination can at times anticipate
the triumphs of Occidental civiliza'
ton. When staying at Lemberg on
his way to Carlsbad recently the To-
cal sights were pointed out to crafty
the distinguished guests. This
said the provincial governor. lis the
old horse tram, but over there you see
the new electric cars" The Shah's
curiosity was not satisfied. as he
pointed to and had explained to him
the horsed policeman on guard before
his hotel. why not an electric DO.
liceman?"- he queTied, ~innocently.
The local potentate was left gasping
at the hitherto unsupported backward.
ness of Europe.-The London Globe.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
so DIED THE sKILLIGALEE.
For Four Hours He Fought His Cap
tors-Weiohed Half a Ton or So.

A colossal fish of a species seldom
caught by fishermen was taken to L
wharf. Boston, on the Ida M. Silva. 1T
was a cross between a swordfish and
a horse mackerel, having marks OF
both, and is known among fishermen
as a skilligalee. The capture was
made recently, while the Silva was
after swordfsh on the southeast
GEORGES. The monster was enjoying a
sunbath on the top of the water when
the lookout sighted it. The spearman
iabbed the fish hard just back OF the
head. Scarcely had the iron struck
than began a fight such as even the
old fishermen had never seen before.
For nearly four hours the huge fish
flew about. A dory was sent to bring
it in. but almost two hours elapsed
before it was got ear enough to the
side and a tackle was attached.
There was still a great deal of life
left and it squirmed and fought hard
to get away, and even when landed on
the deck it was dangerous to get with
in reach or the Tall.
The estimated weight of the fish be-
fore it was cleaned was 1,400 pounds,
and after it was sold this morning it
weighed, cleaned, $50 pounds. The
fish is within a few inches of fourteen
feet long from the tip of the sword to
the tip of the tail, and from the joint
at the body to the tip twenty-five in
ches. The sword that projects more
than three feet from the snout is not
like that of a swordish, being rounded
instead of fiat and runs out on a line
with the under part of the upper jaw.
The head is shaped like that of a horse
mackerel and has the gills of that va
riety, with the eye of a swordish.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
Unreliable.

Martha" said a Westport woman
to her negro cook, when are you and
Abe going to be married?"'
"Doan' know es Ahll mahry dat
man." replied the cook.
whats the matter, now?" she was
asked.
"Well, ma'am," the cook said, shak-
ing her head, "Ah hear Alb been run
min. around wifi ernuthah woman. Abs
full OBJ suspiciosity bout dat man
Kansas City Tires.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

ache, and as l nave heard that you can give
helpful advice to girls in my condition, l am
writing you Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, LII.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- Second Lottery.
"It is with the feeling of utmost gratitude
that | write to you to tell you WnaG your
valuable medicine has done for me. "n9ni
wrote you in regard to my cond1tlon L hao
consulted several doctors, but they failed TO
understand my case and l did not receive
any benefit from their treatment: followed
your advice, and took Lydia Il. Flnknanfs
Vegetable Compound and am now healthy
and well, and all the distressing symptoms
which | had at that time have disappeared
Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, Ill.
Miss Matilda Borman writes Mrs.
Pinkham as follows:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
"Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound my monthiieS were 1fregu-
lar and painful, and l always had such
dreadful headaches.
"But since taking the Compound my head
aches have entirely loft me, my monthlies are
regular, and / am getting strong and we'll
am telling all my girl friends what Lydia II.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for
me.n-Matilda Borman, Pennington, Iowa.
If you know of any young girl who
is sick and needs motherly advice, ask
her to address Mrs. Pinlxham at Lynn.
Mass, and tell her every detail of her
symptoms, and to keep nothing back.
She will receive advice absolutely free,
from a source that has no rival in the
experience of woman'sills, audit wil,if
followed, PIT her On the right roadtoa
strong, healthy and happy womanhood.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound holds the record for the greatest
number of cures of female ills of any
medicine that the world has ever
known. Why don you try it? q
.nnnttnd Mates Sick Anfnen Well
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
Beware of >Ointmsnts For CsSarrL TIN
Contain Mercury,

Beware of Ointmsnts For CsSarrh Thai
Contain Mercury,
asmercury will surely destroy the sense o.
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarra Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
ofthe system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken In
ternally, and made Ia Toledo, Ohio, by +.
], Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, Toe. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Sent Free.
These two diseases are the result OF an
awful poisoned condition of the blood. II
you have aching joints and back, shoulder
blades, bone pains, crippled hands, legs or
feet, swollen muscles, shifting, sharp,
biting pains, and that tired, discouraged
feeling OF rheumatism, or the hawking,
splitting, blurred eyesight, deafness, sick
stomach, headache, noises In the head, mu-
oous throat discharges, decaying. teeth,
bad breath, belching gas Of catarrh, a
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. 1t kills the
poison in the blood which causes these awfui
symptoms, giving a pure, healthy blood
supply to the joints and mucous mem
branes, and makes a perfect cure Oh the
worst rheumatism or foulest catarrh.
Cures where all else fails. Blood Balm
(B. B. b. is composed OF pure Botanic IN
gradients, good for weak kidneys. I'M
proves the digestion, cures dyspepsia; A
perfect tonic for old folks by giving them
new, rich, pure blood. Thoroughly tested
for thirty years. Druggists, 81 per large
bottle, with complete directions for home
cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and special free medical advice
sent in sealed letter.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

There Is a fine opportunity in this vicin.
lty to take orders for the celebrated White
Bronze monuments, headstones, gravd
covers, ETC., made by The Monumental
Bronze Company, 1872 Howard Ave, Bridge.
port, Conn. 1t is a good, legitimate bust
ness, and they offer very acknowledgements.
Someone should write them for the agency.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
A Big Sounder.

One invention sometimes makes an
other necessary. A gramophone which
can be heard a distance of three miles
Is the latest. Now, what is needed Is
a sound deadener with a three-mile
range, to smother the noise of the
gramophone.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

fbe doctors decided l could not live.
My wife got me using Doan's Kidney
Pills, and as they helped me SO | took
heart, kept on and was cured SO thor
ougily tlatl'ye been well three years"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Ai!burn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

A girl in Gaylord, Kan, was told by
one of her admirers that, if she didn'l
marry him, he'd get a rope and hans
himself right in front of her house
"Oh, please don't do it, DEAR" she said,
"you know father doesn't want you
hanging around here"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Real Admiral Manney, chief of the
Bureau of Equipment, recently received
a message at the wireless station at
the Washington Navy Yard direct
from the Newport station, 800 miles
away.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

The opening OF the school year has
shown no decline in the popularity OF
the American public school system.
The people everywhere continue to re-
gard It as one of the country's finest
institutions and best assets.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

A balance of precision weighing a
mixture of Illuminating gas or fire.
damp against an equal quantity of nor
NAL air is the novel gas-detecting
alarm hat has been brought before
the Paris Academy of Sciences.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

my DUCK dAu
Twas so run down
that l was laid up
four months. l
had night sweats
n dfainting spells
and dropped to 80
pounds. The urine
passed every few
minutes with in
tense pain and
looked like blood.
Droncv cot in and
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

M. Caverau, of France, has discov-
cred that the eggs of insects contain
the same characteristic poison venom
as the sting of the insect. So also the
eggs of serpents. The discovery is i'm
portant in it's bearings on the phenom-
ena of heredity.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Says the Augusta Herald: Mr.
Ea'son says he does not associate
With men whose lives ere devoted to
getting money. That's probably why
Mr.. Eaison has been able to save
something.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Recent discoveries seem to show
that each of the larger planets is ac-
companied by bands of satellites rela-
lively smaller than the minor planets,
as the primaries are smaller than the
sun.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

In China a man can not by will dis
pose of his land in favor of any one
person, whether relative or stranger;
it must be distributed among all his
male children without exception.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

A table of p~ulse-beats at the differ
ent stations on Pixies Peak " to about
13. 900 feet was made by clayton
in 1901. The atmospheric ire for
the stations has now bea -4culated
by T. Okada, a Japanese m~eteorologlst,
who finds a very regular increase OF
one heartbeat per minute for each
third of an inch decrease in pressure.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

The recent discovery that alloys not
containing iron can be made as mag
netic as iron has suggested the new
theory that magnetism depends upon
the grouping of the molecules. When
the special magnetic structure is made
better known, it is hoped to improve
upon electrical magnets by adopting
for them an alloy of great power, thus
tightening the moving parts in cleo
trical machines.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

FITSpermanently cured. No Ats or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
EerveRestorer, $2trialbottleand treatise free
Dr.R II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St.. Phila. Pa
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

In a new registering rain gauge Of
German invention the drops fall on
a balanced arm, which by breaking an
electric curcuit, as it drops, registers
the fall. The number of drops in q
half minute is taken to calculate the
intensity of the shower.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

In 1901 the population of the metro
politan area of London, defined as the
Metropolitan Police District, and ex-
tending over a radius of fifteen miles
from Charing Cross, was about six and
a half millions.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Dickens, Wesley, Newton, Keats,
were sickly children. Mohammed,
Caesar, Napoleon, were ~epilepties,
Cicero was a weakling. DR.. johnson
bore the marks of inherited disease.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

A discover of great scientific inter
est in regard to the artificial produc-
ton of diamonds is said to have been
made by DR.. G. V. Burton, a Cambridge
savant, who, it is claimed, has demon
strated the success of a new method OF
artificial manufacture not involving
high pressure, one of the essential fac
tors in the experiments formerly car
ried on by Mr. Moissau.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

The cells of the epidermis are inter-
laced by a net work of extremely fine
nerve ibres, which centre in a deep
nerve plexus beneath the epidermis
and extending out into the folds.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Taylor's Cherokee Iiemody OF Sweee Gun
and Mullen Is Natures great remedy-Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption
and all throat and lung troubles. At drug.
gists, 25c., 50c. and $500 per bottle,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
CAPT. GRAHAM'S CURE
Sores on Face and Back-Tried MANY
Doctors Without Suocess-Gives
Thanks to C%utfcura.

Thanks to Cuticura.
Captain w. S. Graham, 1921 Eof ST.,
Wheeling, w. Va, writing under date of
June Il, 'O4, says: Il am SO grateful l want
to thank God that a friend recommended
Cuticura Soap and Ointment to me. 1
suffered for a long time with sores on my
face and back. Some doctors said l had
blood poison, and others that l had bar
bers' itch. None of them did me any good,
but they all took my money. My friends
tell me my skin now looks as clear as a
baby's, and | tell them all that Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment did it."
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Piso's Curefo Tor Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W,
SAMUEL, OceanGrove, N. j.. Feb. II, 1909.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

A meddler is a person who falls IN
his attempt. The meddler who sue
ceeds is no meddler. but a hero.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Bean cake is the chief commercial fer.
tilizer in China.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething ,~softens thegums ,reducesin1amma-
tion. allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c. a bottle
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Paris will soon have a Mohammedap
mosque.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

cA1ARRH Is the mo.hsr Of CONSUMPTION.
Our CARBOLATE OF IODINE POCKET
INHALER is a guaranteed cure. Price $1.O0.
WI. n. SMtTH e. Co.,
OF Buffalo, N. r., Sole Manufacturer and Props.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Poisonous nicotine in tobacco is re-
moved by sleeping the leaves in a So
luton Of fannie acid. This is the
method adopted by a German chemist.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

81 haven't worked since 1897, and I'm
proud of it," said a vagrant who was
being questioned in a Chicago justice
court.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
Cures rheumatism and Catarrh--Medicine
0o,t Eron

There are plenty of lions in southern
Rhndesia.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Mr.. Rockefeller continues to warn
young men against the perils of drink,
but So far he has not directed their
attention to the grave dangers arising
from burning the midnight oil.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Electricity is fatal to the discernment OF
certain colors.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
RAISED FROM a DEATH.sEo.

Mr.. Pitts, Once Pronounced Incurabie,
Has Been We'll Three Years.
e. E. Pitts, 60 Hathaway ST., skow-
hogan, Me-, says: "seven years ago
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

A shotgun recently manufactured by
a Connecticut firm was a, special order
for a man who uses his left eye to
aim with, the right eye being sight
less. The stock and lower frame Of
the gun were twisted so that he may
shoot without discomfort.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Greater London contained 924,l inhab.
tied houses in 1901.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

A brown African goose in North At
tleboro, Mass, lately amazed it's own
er by producing an egg of extraordi-
nary size. Around it's longest circum-
ference 1t measured II 7-S inches, and
ten inches around its shortest. The
goose weighs nineteen pounds.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

Laplanders not ~lnfrequently cover l5
miles q day on their skates.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16
FREE COUPON

Sold by all druggists, Soc. per box, O.
sent by mail.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-16

The snakes tongue proves to be a
most remarkable organ. A Maryland
woman student finds that it's CHIEF
function is connected with a sense OF
feeling without touch, and may be a
finer development of the sense that
enables some people to avoid striking
obstacles in the dark. The forked tip
and the numerous folds behind 1t
greatly increase the surface exposure.