The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-07-20

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The Russian fleet has at last learn
ed the difference between real Japa'
nese torpedo boats and Dogger Bank
trawlers, says the New York Tribune
Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, is
the first man to increase his reputa
ton by blowing out the gas, declares
the New York Journal.
The number of timber sleepers On
the railways of the world is calcu
lated to be about 1,494, 000, 900, ano
their value is estimated at abou
5000, 900, 900. This item makes 9
serious drain on the timber supplies
of the world.
1t was a mean man who franco
that new marriage certificate iaw
thinks the Los Angeles Express. He
insists that the young couple swear
that they are not crazy.
First class in arithmetic: II Chi
cago should W it's street car lines
and the truck drivers should W Chi
cago, how long before the entire popu-
lation would leave town, asks the New
York Mail.
Instead of being a stencil and 9
scandal, Philadelphia bids fair to take
her rightful place among American
cities. She has already got her deer
channel to that breezy and wholesome
sea of public appreciation, declares
the Philadelphia Record.
An Englishman in Canada writes
home in considerable excitement az
follows: "The majority of Canadians
never read an English paper OF an!
kind whatever; all their literature Is
American. All the booksellers shops
are filed with American books
American reviews, American papers
And with what result? There car
be only one result-Canadians WI
think .A~mericanly.'"
The British Postmaster-Genera
states that it is not at present pro
posed to introduce the asn-on-oeli
ery system in the United Kingdom
saws the Manchester Guardian, bu'
the question of introducing 1T De
tween England and the BRUSH col
onies and possessions and Egypt Il
under consideration.
A part of the world where a grea'
demand for labor saving farm ma
chinery is expected soon to develop i
Argentina. where, out of about lzo,
O 600 acres of land available for cul
tiyation. less than $4,000, 900 acres are
now utilized for agricultural purposes
Owing to natural conditions, 1t IS De
lieved that Argentina can never De
come a great manufacturing country
hit its agricultural possibilities are
very large. Yet of it's 100000 IN
habitants, only 1000 900 live in the
rural districts, and their numbers are
insufficient to develop the resources
of the land. Lately, however, the Tar
mers have learned that they mus
make one man do the work OF many
men and for this purpose they are
beginning to import agricultural ma
chinery.
Alton d. Adams makes some move
suggestions in The Engineering Mag
azine in regard to the utilization OF
the Niagara River for power purposes
These do not contemplate any add
tional tax on the great cataract
which has hitherto been the central
feature of such projects. Mr.. Adams
shows what might be accomplished
further downstream. Those portions
of the rapids which lie above and be
low the sharp bend at the wnirlpool
together have a descent amounting tc
eighty feet, or a little more than hall
as much as the abrupt drop at the
falls. If one or more plants were
established, so as to make use OF the
entire flow of the stream there, some
thing like 1900, 900 horsepower could
be put at the disposal of industry.
One element which has probably
contributed much to the success OF
the Japanese in this war is that of
secrecy, AYERS the New York Tribune.
They have to an exceptional degree
kept their own counsel, and to DIN
entirely unprecedented degree have
imposed silence upon the p%urveyors
and publishers of news This has
been exasperating to the correspond
ents, who have seen Or learned OF
great doings without being able tc
send home d line Of "copy." 1t has
not been pleasing to the newspapers.
which have desired to chronicle
promptly every move in the great
game. 1t has not been satisfactory tic
the public, which has been eager to
learn all about one of the greatest
wars OF modern times. But 1t has
probably been highly effective in mis-.
leading the Russians and in promot-
ing the strategy of Japanese forces
on land and sea.
The Names of Flowers.
Who could guess that the dande-