The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-12-14

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The United States leads all nations
In the use Of tobacco. Is this because
American nerves need more sedar
tives than others, or are the nerves
the result Of tobacco? s44A{.S.
Sir Charles Kirkpatrick Is going 10
try to make us like association fooc-
ball. Can he show us that 1t results
in d greater number OF killed ana
wounded than the other KIND! I'
quires the Chicago News.
.The hardest work there Is IN 1oot
ball." says a Yale coach, rs 70 ST.
on the side lines when a game IS go
ing on and knowing, your playing
days being over, that you cannot ge'
into the game"
Professor Nathaniel Butler, OF tne
University of Chicago, says tine sen
made mans success is due MY "
unusual ability. AS success 1tseh,
rightly considered, is an uhusu".
thing. the self-made man-if tnere
is such a person-seems to staho "
fairly good show.
The Baltimore Sun says: Brains y,
a high order Joined with practleai
knowledge will always be in DEMAND
When a mar has this equipment Nc
Is likely to make his way IN the
world. when the theorist and tne
man with technical equipment fali ID
the struggle for existence:
The Anglo-Japanese treaty OF ailf
ance will give Lord Kitchener ahipio
time to perfect his plans OF ~ueleioo
for the Indian frontier. He can now
safely take ten years for the mOiA'
and probably more if necessary. 1h"'
he will go on with the work Is Col.
tain. He is too active a mai 10 roos
out, even in India.
Although the packers have assum'
ed an air of indifference since tneii
beautiful hand-carved indictments
were presented to them with the
compliments Of the Grand Jury, tneir
lawyers have improved each snihine
hour and have collected several pusn-
els of the neatest line of technlcai-
ties ever presented to the American
people, the Chicago News observes
Tn his speech at Fredericksburg
Va. President Roosevelt made the In
teresting statement that when ne 10
through his present trip he will nave
been in every State in the Union dur,
ing his term as President. That Will
be a record, so far as we are aware
reflects the New York Tribune. not
eoualled by any recent President, and
perhaps not by any President oufins
his term of office.
Tn a paper on "The Cost Of Garry
ing a Passenger" read before the
Street Railway Accountants Assocla-
ton. at Philadelphia, Pa, g. l.. ..
Tingley, Vice President OF the Am
erican Railway Company, of Ph1ladei-
mia. stated that the average cost OF
carrying a passenger is "A cents. he
supported the statement OF w. Z. ELY,
President of the American street
Railway Association, that it has hot
vet beer demonstrated that a genera
( fare of 5 cents can be charged With
profit.
While there is some difficulty IN
getting ordinary work done, II Is al
most impossible to get the best WORK
done quickly in New York city in any
branch of skilled labor, declares the
New York Sun. You can get bad
work done with only a little delay.
You cannot get really good work
done no matter what you are Will
ing to pay, without waiting weeks
and perhaps months. There IS
no conspiracy on the part OF
labor men to bring about TINS
situation. The unusual demand mas
created it. Americans are nc
longer going into heavy dangerous OF
dirty manual labor for a living. LII
migration of skilled artisans is con
stantly growing less. The country Is
apparently able to stand the nlgn
hills for labor. New York especially
has to wait to have its work done
Skilled labor here doesn't nave to
seek work. The labor is seeking IT.
we have often declared our beliel
that the old-fashioned, sensitive Dnsi
nes honor and integrity exist today
in our community, as they have al
WAYS existed, asserts the New YorR
Evening Post. If we did not think
this. we should be driven to admit
the financial community's moral rot
tenness and decay. The en-
couraging sign of the times, In oul
opinion, is the scorn and indlgnation
which the insurance disclosures have
awakened in the public. 1t seems te
,u h;ob time however, that these