The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-08-03

Christian Register.
Some people refuse to believe that
the man who rocks the boat Is any
more of a fool than the one who
wants to run an automobiles a mile a
minute on the public highways, de
clares the Chicago Record-Herald.
Hitherto it has been supposed that
electric light is more injurious to the
eyesight than any other artificial
light, but Russian oculists who have
been closely studying the subject now
maintain that, on the contrary, it is
less injurious than the light either OF
gas or candles or any other material
London is the most intense of all
cities, says the Christian. New York
is noisier, there is more rattle IN
Paris; in London alone you have that
subdued roar, that indescribable muir
mur which suggests an irresistible
volume of life that is deep rs well as
strong. /.
The search, rather than the discov'
cry, is the thing which enlists the
imaginations and the energies OF
men, says the New York American
When the pole is found interest in 1t
will end. The game, not the stake, is
what interests. And that should DC
the case with all gentlenanly sport
from steeplechasing to pole-huntlng'
The children of Johnston, s.. G..
have organized a Civic League
Twenty have given their names for
membership and the City Council has
ordered twenty-five galvanized gar
bage receptacles to be placed along
the streets of the town. These pat
riotic little citizens will help to keep
their town neat and clean, thinks the
Keystone.
1t seems to be possible to make the
automobile a law server as well as a
law breaker, remarks the Boston
Transcript. A Worcester policeman
used n to chase and arrest a mai
who was driving at a speed beyond
the safety limit.
A San Francisco woman who found
ed an institution for destitute women
in 1868, has lost her money and en-
tered the home. Talk about ones
bread returning after many days!
comments the Buffalo Express.
Tonsorialist Magic a;cri5es the de-
feat of the Russians to their wearing
whiskers, relates the Big Rapids Bull
letin. No nation, says he, al be sue
cessful in war unless his fighters are
smooth shaver.
The elements supplied to the soil
In commercial fertilizers are avail
able nitrogen, potash and rhosphoric
acid. If these are kept M the essen
tials of plant food will not be found
wanting. And yet good crops may
not be produce. 1t has to be arrang'
ed so that crops can use the material
The most common fault in a 5
of this kind is that there Is a lac OF
what is known as humus or organic
substances. This humus warns the
soil. let's in air, aids drainage and
also holds moisture. When tnere Is
too little of it present the earth be-
comes soggy and cold In a wet sea-
son. and either bakes or is too wet Id
a dry season. Any one of these con
ditions makes it harder for plants To
grow and take food from the SOIL
D%isreputable business conduct, dis
reputable methods, associations, con
nivances and excavations are not
nearly as disgraceful as they ought
to be, thinks Life. IT charity must
forever be stretching itself to cover
the misdeeds of directors, there won't
be enough of it left to cover a falr
proportion of the common SINS o.
common people. There isn't enough
charity to go around, anyhow. we DC
heartily wish the great army OF oil
rectors and big men would moderate
their demands on what there is OF 1t.
They can't reasonably expect to get
far more than their share of the easy
money. and then monopolize the ex'
tenuating circumstances nesides.
The demand for aigh grade men IN
businessmen who can show results,
and by their brains and labor In
crease the earning capacity of a firm
or corporation-is greater than 1t naa
ever been before in the history OF the
world. Herbert Jackson Hapgood, In
Harper's, writes about "The Search
for Men" showing the kird OF ability
most in demand, AMI the Willingness
of employers to pay well for what
hey really want. Some OF Mr.. Hap
goods statements Will surprise read
ers who have not looked into this sub
ject.
The farm is to be a home as wei
a place of business, hence 1t is
better to wait years until just q
right place 10 found. reflects the
American Cultivator. The SOL should
be fertile, enduring, workable early
in the spring and adapted to produc'
ing a large variety of crops. Sandy
soils are attractive at first sight, be
level and easily worked, but must
-4r fod with forti1jznrS In