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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Dying of Famine

is, in its torments, like. dying OF
consumption. The progress OF
consumption, from the beginning
to the very end, is a long torture,
both to victim and friends.
"When l had consumption in
its first STAGE" writes VIM. Myers
of Cear!oss, Md, "atter trying
different medicines and q good
doctor in vain, ! at last took DR..
Kings New Discovery, which
quickly and perfectly cured me-"
Prompt relief and sure cure for
coughs, colds, sore throat, bron-
chitis, etc. Positively prevents
pneumonia. Guarantee at Wards
drug store, price soc. and $1.00 "a
bottle. Trial bottle free.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

The Gar of Russia has refused
ito listen to peace proposals, and
has given Gen. Trepotf autocratic
powers to prevent mass meetings
of any kind whatever. In spite
of restrictions, however, the sen-
timent for peace throughout the
empire continues to grow, and
the imperial degenerate will in
the end be forced to accede to
the peoples demand-if he does
not lose his crown.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

The mistake OF a figure some
times means a great deal. In
transmitting the Government es
innate of crop conditions, at New
Orleans last Friday, the Western
Onion telegraph operator gave it
as 1852, and prices shot up. Then
the error was discovered and the
correct estimate, 77.2, was posted,
and fortunes were lost in a min
ute. A number of suits for dam
ages are likely to follow.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
That Tired Feeling.

If you are languid, depressed,
incapable for work, it indicates
that your liver is out OF order.
IIerbine will assist nature to
throw off headaches. rheumatism
and ailments akin to nervousness
and restore the energies and vi
tally of sound and perfect health.
j. j. Hubbard, Temple, Texas.
writes: 81 have used lJerbine for
the past two years. 1t has done
me more good than all the doc
tors. 1t is the best medicine ever
made tor chills and fever" soc.
at Wards drug store.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
A CIR pple for l. fe.

Those of us who are physically
sound know little OF the suffering
OF mind or body OF those who
have Affections which may make
them cripples for life. This was
the condition and fear of Mr.. Gus
Chapman, Eccles. Mo. In speak,
ing of his ailment, Mr.. Chapman
says: "Last tall [ was sick with
malarial fever for three months;
the fever settling in my leg, which
caused 1t to swell to twice it's
original size. I was examined by
several doctors, who said the all
ment was serious, and a surgical
operation must be performed. To
this 1 objected. When in great
pain one day [ crept on my
crutches to the store near by and
got a bottle OF DIR. Classes Ger
man l'enetrat'g Liniment, which
I used, and got great relief, l
continued the use of the liniment
for two or three weeks, which
made a complete cure. | believe
had | not used this liniment
would have been a cripple tor
life" Sold bv Jas. II. Duke.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Gulf Coast Chautauqua Assembly,
GuIfport, Miss, July 10, 1905,

-
The place to spend two weeks
probably and agreeably-series
of matchless entertainments-lec
lures on popular subjects, litera
ry, scientific, humorous; fine mu
sic--brass band. orchestra, quar-
1tette, soloists. The auditorium
OF end of great pier, a mile from
the beach. Electric car line to
the door. Best hotel accommo-
dations in the South. July 4th,
Bob Taylor day. Other celebri-
ties on special days, but program
good throughout.
Half fare plus Is cents on rail
roads in Mississippi, Northwest
and South Alabama, Southeast
Arkansas and Louisiana. For
catalogue, address
GEO. M. EDGAR,
Gen'l Manager,
Gulfport, Miss.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
U. 6. v. Reunion, Louisville,
KY, June 14th=l0th.

A special train will leave Mer-
idian at 8 p. M. June 18th, via
Rives, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
and Illinois Central, stopping al
all NJ. & q. ticket stations, run
ming through to Louisville. Re
turning, special train will leave
Louisville, via Illinois Central
Railway, at 8 p. N. June 10Th,
Less than half rates for round
trip. Apply to NJ. & O.. Ageuts
Tor particulars.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Acute Rheumatism.

Dep tearing or wrenching pains,
caused by getting wet through
worse when at rest, or or first
moving the limbs, and i'll cold or
damp weather, is cured quickly
by Billiards. Snow Liniment.
Oscar Oleson, Gibson City, H.,
writes Feb. 16, 1902: "A year ago
I was troubled with a pain in my
back. It soon got SO bad | could
not bend over. One bottle of Bal
lard's Snow Liniment cured me-"
Sold by Ward, druggist.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Do You Feel Worn Out?

Maybe it's the enervating heat
OF summer, overwork or study,
physical breakdown and exhaus-
ton, maybe the effects OF disease
or mental worry---at any rate the
vital qualities are lacking.
Browns Iron Bitters supply
these -renews your strength
fills you with new life and vigor.
Jt's a wonderful remedy. Sold
by Ward, druggist, Scooba.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
The salve that Penetrates.

Wits Witch Hazel Salve
penetrates the pores OF the skin,
and by its antiseptic, rubifocient
and healing influence it subdues
inflammation and cures boils,
burns, cuts, eczema, letter, ring
worm and all skin diseases. A
specific for blind, bleeding, itch
ing and %protruding piles. The
original and genuine Witch Ha-
eel Salve is made by E. G. De
Witt & Co and sold by Ward.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

Don't forget that our offer OF
EuE KEMPER HERALD, the Allan
sta (weekly) Constitution, and the
Sunny South, one year for $500,
still holds good ; and that with
the above, to new subscribers, we
give one years subscription to
the American Farmer, an up to-
date farm journal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Assisting Nature.

Weak and older people are
more or less afflicted with mac
tivity of the kidneys. With fee
bleness and age, the kidneys be
come sluggish aud do not expel
the Impurities from the system
that nature intended they should.
For this purpose Gay:u-ba is es
pecially intended; it assists ma
ture by restoring the kidneys to
Il healthy aud active condition.
Sold by Jas. Il. Duke.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Where Water Is Bad

it should not be drunk unless pro-
per precautions are taken. Many
diseases arise from drinking i'm
pure water, yet i'll face Of warning
people continue to absorb the
dangerous fluid. II you are trav-
cling, or move into a new locality
take norisks, but put teaspoon
ful of Browns Iron B~itters into a
glass otwater and make it healthy
and palatable. Sold BY Ward.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
No Secret About 1t.

It is no secret that for burns,
cuts ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes,
5oils, ETC., nothing is SO effective
as Bucklen's Arnica Salve. "1t
didn't take long to cure a bad
sore I had, and ii is all 0. K. tor
sore eyes," writes D. L. Gregory,
OF Hope, Tex. 25c. at Wards
drug store, Scooba.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

That combination of THE KEN
PER HERALD, the Weekly Com
m~ercial-Appeal, and Home and
Farm, all three for one year for
$3.50, is as good thing as a man
.conld wish. Subscribe now.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

And now the Russians want to
Fhang Admiral Nebogatoff, who
: saved the lives of himself and a
number of his men by surrender
ing when he saw further resist
rance was futile.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

"A big land battle is expected
daily between the forces of Mar
ss'lal Oyana and Gen, Linevitch
The Russians hope to retrieve
themselves, but we fear it is a
vain hope.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
If in a kind OF bilious mood,
You wish an aid to digest food,
No other pill is half SO good
As DaWiftis little Early Risers

The famous little pills, EARLY
RIsERs, cure constipation, sick
headache, biliousness, etc. They
never grippe or sicken, but impart
early rising energy. Good for
either children or adults. Bob
Moore, Lafayette, Ind, says:
.SNo use talking, DeWitt's Little
Early Bisers do their work. All
other pills I have used grippe and
make me sick. DeWitt's Little
EARLY Risers brought the long
sought relief. They are perfect
Sold by Ward, the druggist.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

First Annual Summer School
flor Teachers at the Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
Ilege, at Starkviiie, will open on
June Goth, and continue four
weeks.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

THE U. s. Government has de
"cided that the Russian war yes
sells which have taken refuge at
Manila must leave at once or in
Itefne for the rest of the war.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
(, has Stood the Test as Years 4.

The old, original Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic. You know
what you are taking. 1t is iron
and quinine in a tasteless form.
No cure, no pay. soc.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

The cotton market is still fuc-
'tuating, though the outlook is
Tor higher prices.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

We can furnish you the KEN
PER HERALD and the Meridian
Weekly Star, for one year, tor
$1.4O. Subscribe now.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
CONFUSION,
Fits, then
Epilepsy.

DR.. Miles Restorative Nerv-
inc has been so successful in
curing these brain-wrecking
diseases that there is every
reason to believe that even the
most hopeless cases can be
benefited, if not fully restored.
We will be pleased to refer
any one thus afflicted to many
who now enjoy the blessing Of
health, after years of hopeless
suffering.
81 have a son that had brain fever
when w years old, followed by fits OF
the worst type. and he was, pronounced
i%ncurable. ! spent hundreds Of dollars
for him, without relief. After about
fifteen years he became so bad that VIC
sent him to. Longclir hospital for the
insane, at, ~Logansport, Ind. He was
there nearly three years. but he con-
tinued to grow worse, so we brought
him home July 80, 1902, in an awful
condition. He had lost his mind almost
entirely. He hardly knew one OF the
family. could not even find his bed;
was a total wreck. He had from 5 to
10. fits a day. We were urged to try
DR.. Miles Nervine, and before the first
UOllic was uScu, We COdld see a. Glt1l6O
for the better. We have given it to
him ever since. and he has had but
two very light spells since last August,
1903, and then he was not well other
ways. We pronounce him cured, as he
can work n go anywhere. If any one
wishes to ask any questions concerning
this, they are at liberty to do So"
E.. II. BUNNELL, Lincoln, Ind.
pr. Miles Nervlne Is sold by you
druggist, who will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit. II 1t fails, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Gulf and Ship Island
RAILROAD co.

Parlor Car between Jackson and GulfpoFt
on Trains Nos. 8 and 4.
Passenger Service:
Daily mos Daily mo. 81
Lv. Jackson 1870 Il. IN. 3:29 p. m.
Lv. Hattiesburg $40 Il. IN 200 p. m.
Ar. Gulfport IL 100 a. m. $50 p. III.
Daily exc. Sunday Daily
Ar. SilverCreek t3ll] IL 80 Il. m. t30ll6:S pm
Daily mo. II Daily CNo. 81
Ly. Gulfport 80 u. IN. 400 p. III.
Nv. Hattiesburg 1925 d. IN. 7:lS p. IN.
Ar. jackson 2:0 D. III. 1898 p. M.
Daily Daily
Ar. Laurel (@03l 2:I5 p. m.
Daily exc. Sunday
Ar. Columbia tl02) II 80 a. III. GOD $40 p. m.
AT JACKSON :-Connection made with Illi-
nois Central trains, YaZoo and Mississippi
Valley trains, and Alabama & Nicksburg
trains for Memphis, st. Louis, Chicago,
Cincinnati, and all northern and north
eastern points.
AT E G-:Connection made with
New Orleans. q Northeastern trains, Miss
issippi Central Pa L. r. trains, and Nc
bile, Jackson & Kansas City trains.
AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS made with Lou
isyilie & Nashville trains.
For further Information apply to
S. D. BoylstOn, q. p. A.,
Gulfport. Miss.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

subseription-sl.eO per annun, in advance.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04

On a farm near bingham, and who
was once acquainted with Jessie Car
den? Was he John Burt?
From the time | was thirteen I'M
til ran away from home" Blake con-
tinued, with nonchalance and conf
dent mendacity, q lived on farm
about three miles from the old Bish-
OPP mansion. Miss Garden used to
visit there in the summer seasons
and / saw her frequently. The last
time | saw her she cantered past our
house with friend of mine. That re-
minds me-dear old john must look
him up when | go to Rocky Woods"
Blake threw back his head and re-
fiectively exhaled a wreath of cigar
smoke.
Does this explain the mystery? |
don't see anything wonderful about it
except that you have her portrait, and
that is probably easily explained, I'm
not pryng into your affairs, old
man."
mot at all-not at all Rammohun;
brandy and two bottles of Soda" or
dered Morris, hopping his forehead.
"By Jove, this is remarkable! You
speak of friend of yours-John, you
call him--what was his last manner"
Burt"
Where is he now" Morris leaned
eagerly forward, his face gray and his
lower lip twitching.
Sure, | don't know! He was with
his grandfather on the old Burt farm
in Rocky Woods when | left Massa-
chusetts. Why? Do you know John
Burt?"
"Confound it, man, he shot mel"
exclaimed Morris, springing to his
feet and pacing up and down the
room. He shot me, tell you, and all
but put me out for good And he did
it on account of the girl whose por-
trait you're admiring. The blasted
cad was crazy jealous over Miss Car
den, who had been so foolish as to toll
crate his company. He picked quar-
rel with me in tavern and shot me
through the left lung. Laid me up
for three months. That old desperate
Of a grandfather of his nearly killed
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04
FIXING RAILROAD RATES.

Making railroad rates is like play
ing game of checkers or chess. Com.
munities to be benefited, producers,
manufacturers or shippers to be aided
represent the pieces used. Every pos.
sible move is studied for it's effect
on the general result by skilled traf-
tic managers. A false move In the
making Of freight rates may mean the
ruin of city, of great manufacture
ing interest, Of an agricultural COM
munity. Railroads strive to build up
all these so that each may have an
equal chance in the sharp competi
ton of business. So sensitive to this
rivalry are the railroads that in order
to build up business along their lines
they frequently allow the shipper 70
practically dictate rates. Rate max
ing has been matter of development;
Of mutual concessions for mutual
benefit. That is why the railroads of
the United States have voluntarily
made freight rates so much lower in
this country than they are on the
government-owned and operated rail-
ways of Europe and Australia that
they are now the lowest transporta-
ton rates in the world.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04
CHAPTER XVI.
Bad News.

When Blake arrived in bingham
he felt like stranger in foreign
land. His parents were dead and his
relatives scattered. The village look
ed smaller than when he was a bow.
He felt himself in living graveyard.
Securing an open carriage and a
driver from livery stable, he rode
through the quiet streets and out into
the country. Drive to Thomas Bisb-
ops house" he ordered.
The drawn and dust-covered shut
tiers of the old mansion told their own
story. From passing farmer Blake
learned that the Bishops had moved
to New York months before. Half an
hour later he knocked on Peter Burt g
door.
AS boy, Blake stood in awe and
fear of the strange old man, but the
years had obliterated this feeling. His
knock sounded hollow on the great
oaken door, and he wondered If the
aged recluse yet lived. Mrs. JASPER.
the housekeeper, opened the door, and
Blake at once recognized her.
How do you do, Mrs. Jasper? NY
name is Blake-James Blake. | lived
near here when was a boy. Don't
you-"
Little Jimmy Blake! Well of all
things! never would have known
We. Come right in-Mr. Blake"
rs Mr.. Burt here?"
Yes, but don't know If he'll see
ye," she said, hesitatingly, wiping her
hands on her apron. HE don't see
nobody, we know"
Tell him who I am, and say I'm
from California" said Blake, who
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04
CHAPTER xv.-continued.

In an alcove, partially formed by a
bay window, stood an easel, uphold
ing large frame. The light struck
the canvas in such way that Blake
did not recognize the subject until
squarely in front of it.
1t was portrait of Jessie Garden
not the Jessie Garden drawn by the
San Francisco artist from the faded
tintype-but the Jessie Garden of later
years, whose face and figure had TAX
en- on the perfect grace OF woman
hood
Amazed and lost in thought, Blake
aid not hear Arthur Morris as he ap-
preached and stood back of him. He
flushed when Morris touched him on
the shoulder
by Jove! that portrait must have
great attraction for you" laughed
Morris. you've been staring at it
five minutes. A box at the opera you
cannot tell her name!"
'Done" said Blake. That's a por-
trait of Miss Carden-Miss Jessie
Garden, of Boston"
An expression of dumb surprise
swept across the face of Arthur Nor
ris With halfopened mouth and star
ing eyes he gazed at James Blake.
We'll, I'll be. Well of all
things!" He sank into a chair and
laughed feebly. 81 say. old fellow,
you took me off my feet How the
devil did you guess that name?"
Nothing wonderful about it,"
said Blake, who by this time had per-
fected his course. Il met Miss Car
den years ago, and l at once recog-
nized the portrait"
"You met her? Where?"
"In the country, near bingham,
Massachusetts"
How? When? BY Jove, old fell
low, this beats me! What were you
doing in Hingham?"
II lived on farm near there" re.
piled Blake. Morris leaned forward.
For an instant fear had possession Of
him. Who was this man who lived
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04
ULCERS FOR 30 YEARS.
Painful Eruptions From Knees to Feet
Seemed ncurabIe-Cutlcura
Ends Misery.

Another of those remarkable cures
by Cuticura, after doctors and all else
had failed, is testified to by Mr.. M.
G. Moss Of Gainesville, Texas, in the
following letter: ''For over thirty
years I suffered from painful ulcers
and an eruption from my knees to
feet, and could find neither doctors
nor medicine to help me, until I used
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills,
which cured me I'm six months They
helped me the very first time used
them, and am glad to write this SO
that Others suffering as did may be
saved from misery"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04

two officers and aided him to escape.
He has not been heard of since
Blake piled Morris with questions,
The latter took large draughts oil
brandy and recited the successive
chapters which led to the tragedy.
Except that he made himself the he
70 of the tale, his account agreed with
that told by John Burt. Blake par
took sparingly of the brandy, but Nor
ris fed his aroused hate and recollec-
ton with the fiery fluid.
According to Morris he was madly
in love with Jessie Garden from the
moment he saw her. Before he re-
covered from his wound she was sent
abroad by Gen. Garden to complete
her education in Paris and Berlin
Two years later Gen. Garden failed
in business, his private fortune being
wiped out in the crash. Jessie came
back from Europe and remained
year with the Bishops. Arthur had
induced his father to place Gen. Car
den in a salaried position with the
Norris bank in New York, and he
persuaded Gen. Garden to accept
loan sufficient to defray Jes-
sizes expenses in a second
trip abroad. She was in Paris. but
had completed her studies, and would
return in a few weeks. He was en-
gagged to the dear girl, but the date
of the wedding had not been set.
1--WE told you more'n any man liv-
ing" half sobbed Morris, as he leaned
on James Blakes shoulder.
Tears stood in his inflamed eyes
and trickled down his red blotched
cheeks.
you'll keep my secret, won't you,
old chap" he pleaded maudlinly.
You're the bes' frien' I've got in the
world. People don't like me; they
don't know me. You know me, Blake,
old fell, don't you? I'm sen mental
that's what makes me cry. By Jove,
you'll be my bes' man at weddin'-
bes' man at my weddin won't you?"
He lurched into chair The train
ed and alert Rammohun appeared,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04
II. Record Time.

Piney Flats, Tenn, May 29th.-
(SpeciaD Cured in two days of Rheu.
matism that had made his life tor.
ture for two years, D. s. Hilton OF
this place naturally wants every
other sufferer from rheumatism to
know what cured him. 1t was Dodd 8
Kidney Pills.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the grand.
est pill on earth" says Mr.. Hilton,
Il would not take any sum of money
for what they did for me- For two
years | had what the doctors called
rheumatism. | could hardly walk
around the house, 1t seemed to be
in my back and hip and legs. tried
everything but nothing helped me till
| got Dodd's Kidney Pills"
1.-TWO days after took the first
dose all pain left me and it has never
come back since. | can't praise Dodd's
Kidney Pills too much"
Rheumatism Is caused by uric acid
In the blood. Healthy kidneys take
all the Uric Acid out of the blood
Dodds' Kidney Pills make healthy
kidneys.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04
LoVELoRN PATH OF GENIUS.
Great Natures Seldom Win True Hap.
piness in Marriage.


The part that love has played II the
lives Of men and women of genius
never fills to interest the rest of the
world, but 1t is no matter of Surprise
to students of human nature TO dis.
cover how few of these love stories
have represented anything like the
happiness which falls to the lot of we'll
behaved nobodies with only everyday
capacities, and hopes, and aspirations.
Occasionally two great natures may
reach the heights of those magnificent
solitudes of genius together, and enjoy
their splendid isolation in an atmos.
phere In which the more commonplace
would be exceedingly bored and un.
comfortable. 1t has probably been the
dream OF every great mind to enjoy
this intellectual companionship and,
In the first stages of youthful hope
and ardor, perhaps, to expect it.
In comprehending in how few cases
the anticipation has been realized, we
strike the tragic note of so many IL.
lustrious lives. already sufficiently
handicapped by sordid poverty, sick
ness, early death, and by the never.
ceasing struggle for fame and recog
uition.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04

1t is great shock to the census
taker to have woman come to the
front door and tell him calmly that
her age is the same as it was when
he called on similar errand Of In.
quiry ave years ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04

deftly undressed him, and solemnly
conveyed him to an inner room.
Poor john" sighed Blake, a few
minutes later, as the Indian servant
showed him his room and softly closed
the door, Poor John! Loves a tough
proposition, and I'm afraid Johns on
a dead card! He has waited too
long"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04
Dangerous, Anyway.

It's dangerous not to notice new
dress your wife has, because she
thinks you are not interested, and it's
dangerous to notice because 1t may be
a new one you forgot to notice before.
New York Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04

That Portland (Me) automobile
which ran alone and jumped over a
precipice to destruction must have
had an awful record of casualties
upon it's conscience
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-07-04

A man In Sedalia, Mo-, wants a di-
vorce from his wife on the ground
that she chews tobacco. 1t must be
a terrible thing for a wife to have
to choose between a husband and a
plug of tobacco,