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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

longer to be seen. The sun burned
the sky was yelled in q %glittering opal
haze. The old man wrapped his head
In his white burnoose and lay down
with his face to the ground.
Several months passed.
The same desert. The same golden
hillocks Of sand. The same caravan
returning. AS on their previous jour-
ney the pilgrims had, at their last
hating place at an oasis, taken enough
water to last them two days, and were
swaying sleepily on the backs OF their
tired-out camels, when suddenly their
guide halted.
What witchcraft Is that?"
He pointed into the distance. The
pilgrims who had meanwhile gathered
about him also stopped and were look
ing with great wonder at the place
he had pointed out. There, among
the endless sand heaps lay a green
oasis. Tall palms proudly lifted their
green, luxurious heads and a cool
fountain dubbed up among. a thicket
of green bushes and shrubs. The joy
full murmur of the cool streams filled
the languid, sinister quiet of the. sur
rounding desert. Brightly colored,
beautiful flowers rejoiced the eyes of
the weary traveller. and their sweet
odor met him as if with a friendly
greeting.
Close to the living fountain lay the
imperishable body of the great-heart-
ed old man. They lifted his body,
wrapped it in costly silks, and carried
it to the oasis of his tribe.
The Arabs say that the new foun-
tain dubbed out from the heart of the
earth at Allah's command on the spot
where a few drops of water split out
of the skins of the old sheik, while
he was reviving his foe. And the
Bedouins call this oasis "The Foun-
tain of the Great-Hearted Foe."-New
York Post,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
Eccentric snor,smen.

AS those who own shootings are
aware, it sometimes happens that in
spite of alluring advertisements they
do not succeed in letting them.
Farmer Partridge was in this envi-
able position, and after much consid-
Grafton he decided to let it out by the
lay to whatever chance sportsmen
night come his way. One day a party
arrived and paid a days hire. They
we're boisterously anxious for the
farmer to accompany them, but he
noticed the way they held their guns
and declined. Instead he gave them
some dogs and ferrets, told them
where to find birds and rabbits, and
babe them have a good days sport.
There vas a good deal of banging as
the day wore on, but in the afternoon
one of the shootists returned to the
farmhouse.
"Halloi" said the farmer. "Shot
all the birds?"
"Er-no," said the sportsman.
Been going for the rabbits. Ell?
ANY luck?"
well, not exactly" said the other.
What have you come back for,
then?"
"Er-well, we want to know If you
can let us have some more dogs and
f~errets, we've used them all up"
The farmer had ceased to let shoot
ing by the day.-The Taller.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
High Finance.

A Buffalo man stopped a newsboy In
New York, saying: See here, son, l
want to find the Blank national bank.
ri give you half a dollar if you direct
me to it,"
With a grin the boy replied: "All
right, come along" And he led the
Buffalo mar to a building half a block
away.
The man duly paid the promised fee,
remarking: THAT was half a dollar
easily earned, son."
"Sure!" responded the lad, "but you
mustn't fergit that bank directors is paid
high In Observation-Disclosures Spec.
tator.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
THE BACKWARD GLANCE.


His face toward the worlds expanse;
"Yonder." they said. ''the ~victor's crown.
Beware the backward glance
''Run swift, run true, the crown Is thine =
Alone throughout the morning hours
he trod a fair and level road
That ran between the mowers. A.
But when he left the valley path;
And up the hill began to climb,
He heard the sound of distant rect
That with his W kept m
he closed mis- ears, he steeled his heart,
Yet still that sound came down tne
He turned and saw a dreadful form ,
That followed far behind. '
Then forward to the race he sprang,
Scaling the hill with fevered breath;
But ever on his ears there rang
The pattering feet Of Death.
At last upon a lonely hight
He paused. and saw the road run DOWN,
A shining ribbon of desire
Straight to the promised crown.
Lord of my life am !" he cried;
''The crown is mine,' but whilst sure
hope
Flamed in his breast. he looked behind;
Deaths feet were on the slope.
Then down the steep and sudden path
Swift to the goal he took his flight
Far down the hill, he looked again.
n Death was on the hight.
And as the long and winding way
Looped snakewise down toward the PLAIN,
Fear stayed his steps at every turn,
And Death began to gain.
On. on, he sDed. until the crown
Against the glowing sunset shonei
But ever at the backward glance
: The following form drew on.
Faster he few with trembling hand
He leaped the guerdon to embrace;
But as he leapt. he looked behind
Death looked him in the face.
Evelyn Underhill, in. the London Outlook.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
KNOWS NOW
Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case FJ
a Tine.

It's easy to understand how ordinary
people get fooled by coffee when doc
tors themselves sometimes forget the
facts.
A physician speaks of his own expert
enee:
Il had used coffee for years and
really did not exactly believe it was liz
juring me, although 1 had palpitatiol
of the heart every day.
Finally one day a severe and almost
fatal attack Of heart trouble frightened
me and l gave up both tea and coffee
using Postum instead, and since that
time / have had absolutely no heart
palpitation except OH nj Or two occa-
sions when l tried a small quantity of
coffee which caused severe irritation
and proved to me l must let it alone.
when we began using Postum it
seemed weak-that was because we
did not make it according to directions
but now we put a little bit of butter
in the pot when boiling and allow the
Postum to boil full IS minutes, which
gives it the proper rich flavor and the
deep brown color.
81 have advised a great many Of my
friends and patients to leave off coffee
and drink Postum, in fact, / daily give
this advice" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
Many thousands Of physicians use
Postum in place of tea and coffee in
their own homes and prescribe it to
patients. "There's a reason"
A remarkable little book, sThe Roa.
TO MELVILLE" can be found in pkgs.
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The Indian and the Railroad.

Gail Hamilton said if there never
were to be any railroads it would have
been an impertinence in Columbus to
have discovered America. The In.
dams knowledge of the location and
direction of the rivers and lakes and
of the positions of the portages, and
his readiness, under the right sort OF
persuasion, to put this knowledge at
the service of explorers, missionaries
and settlers, stood off, this stigma
from Columbus before the railroads
came. Indians guided Captain job
Smith, Champlain, and La Sale
through the wilderness. Indian trails
blazed pathways for the pioneers
through forests and W mountains.
Sometimes these trails were utilized
by the railway builders. At the
Louisiana purchase exposition at st
Louis and at the Lewis and Clark fair
at Portland were monuments to the
heroic Shoshone girl, Saccajawea, who
piloted Lewis and Clark across the
Rocky Mountains and through the
wilderness on each side of that range
in their exploration to the pacific 8
century ago.-C. M. Harvey, in thu
Atlantic.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

The nerves are strengthened, first,
by being regular in all things, espe.
cially in a systematic change between
work and recreation.
Second, by providing enough rest
and sleep, which not alone strength.
ems the system, but also re-
freshens the entire body.
Third, to eat and drink moderately.
also leave these so-called friends
whose only pleasure in life consists in
late hours, and who are themselves
physical wrecks.
Last of all and most important of
all is the will power, which is the
chief aid in restoring health.
Whoever wishes to lose his man
hood and become a nervous wreck
need only to continue with life's un.
nerving pleasure, and he will sail
along with time and be wrecked with
those who refused to heed the call of
nature.-The Naturopath.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
WONDERS OF FLORIDA.
Crops Grow So Fast 1t Keeps Horses
Trotting to Reap Them.

Crops Grow So Fast 1t Keeps Horses
Trotting to Reap Them.
Florida is a strange land, as big as
all New England, or nearly so, and
with wealth untold. 1t takes a good
farmer to know his business here,
says the Independent, but there is no
lack of crops for gathering and for soil
making, too.
The velvet bean needs a sharp paced
team to keep up with it's growth. 1t
will make fifty feet of good hay in a
single season and then leave plenty OF
fodder for the cows and a cover crop
for winter. When you come to plough
it under in the spring you have not
only a big mass of humus but a large
storage of nitrogen added to the soil.
The beggar weed is anything but a
beggar, but is a grass of superb quail
ity yielding an immense amount of hay
and then forage, and after that adding
nearly as much to the soil as your
velvet bean.
This only begins the story of Flor
ida farming. 1t does not, however,
undertake to deny that many of the
Florida farmers import their hay from
the North.
Do you know a loquat when you see
one? 1t has the shape of a pear but
the flavor of a cherry. 1t is good for
pies and buildings and marmalades and
for pretty nearly everything else that
that marvellous fruit, the cherry, is
used for. Our New England mothers
would have gone wild over it.
The kumquat is a sort of compro-
mise between an orange and a stick
of candy-we do not mean In flavor,
but in shape and size. The tree when
loaded with fruit Is as beautiful as a
rose bush.
There is not much to create enthu-
siasm about a southern city. They are
all of them more or less tawdry and
have a slackness in their ways of do
ing business. A cabbage palm brought
out of it's native habitat with %congenial
companions and set in a dusty doorway
is about the meanest thing we ever
saw. What can one say of guava
bushes and camphor trees fenced in
with wire?
But the country in this state OF
fowers-well named Florida-is about
as rollicking and utterly natural a bit
of the world as al be conceived. In
the highlands of the central part of
the state and palm and the pine meet
together.
It is the north and the south in per-
feet harmony. 1t is the garden Of the
world.
The new farmer is coming in to take
possession. The old orange growers
were mostly city folk and nature did
not hesitate to shoe them out of the
state. Those who are now finding
their way into these regions are bee
keepers, truck growers, and very prac-
tical sorts of people who go well un-
der the name of home builders.-Hom'
and Farm.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
Fashionable Buttons.

The making of buttons for sprIns
gowns is something a woman SHOULD
study, for the styles are changing las
and the little simple button, WORKED
with a tiny design on top, has glve1
way in the march of fashion to tht
one with an elaborate design, mostly
conventional and always artistic. L
is a very good thing to purchase two o.
three buttons of Partisan or Indian de
sign in order that they may serve a.
copies. They will be of much assist
ance wher one is embroidering one'i
button tops.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
Trick of vinyardists.

Vine growers in France market fresh
outdoor grapes all winter by a new
and curious method. Bunches OF
grapes when ripe are cut so that a
piece of the vine five or six inches long
remains attached. A large number Of
white-necked bottles filed with water
are placed in horizontal rows In racks
in a cellar, and the stem of the grapes
is placed in the mouth of the bottle,
while the grapes hang outside. The
grapes do not touch the water, but are
supplied with water through the stem.
The low uniform temperature of the
cellar is favorable to the preservation
of the fruit and water is supplied
daily to the bottles to make up for the
evaporation.-Country Life in Amer
lea.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
Ruskin and His Mother.

Mr.. Kingsley tells of a visit to Rus.
kin ono when the critic-artist in
dulged in an argument with his mother
It was from his mother, he says, that
Ruskin got his brains. George Rich.
mond. the artist, was one of the com
pany. and some point raised brought
on a lively debate, in which Mrs. Rus
kin Joined. "Ruskin," says Mr.. Kings
lev. twas right, l think. but whenever
has mother seemed inclined to thai
belief. and feared getting the worst
Of the argument, she always closeS
the discussion by saying, Hold YOU
tongue, John!'"-Dundee Advertiser
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO >,
IucAS COuNTY pc

AUCAS NOUNI1.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
senior partner OF the firm OF f.. j. CHENEY &
Co., doing business in the City OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that sal /
firm will pay the sum OF ONE DOL
LARS for each u every case OF TAI
that cannot be cured by the use OF HALLS
ATARI CURE FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn to before me aud subscribed in nv
t-~, presence, this 9Th day OF Deem
SEAL. ber, AID, 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
49, Notary Publ.
Halls Catarrh Curei is taken internally, and
acts directly GA the blood aAd mucous sur
faces of the system. send for testimonials,
Tree. +. j.. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, o..
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
Superstitious

The Insurance Field hopes 'the third
conflagration may be escaped. 1t names
Baltimore and San Francisco and asks
where next? There is no accounting fol
superstition, but let US hope there will bt
no ill fated ''thirds this time. But in any
event, all careful people should be fully in
su1red, and The Mississippi Home Insurance
Co., is ready to issue safe policies in this
part of the south. Ask for the agent in
your town.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
~DISFIGURlNG SKIN N
Impossible to Get Employment. as Face
and Body Were Covered With Sores
-Cured by Cuticur2.


and Body Were Covered With Sores
Cured by Cuticura.
"Since the year 1894 1 have been trou'
bled with a very bad case of eczema which
l have spent hundreds Of dollars trying to
cure, and / went to the hospital, but they
failed to cure me, and it was getting worse
all the time. Five weeks ago my wife
bought a box of Cuticura Ointment and
one cake of Cuticura Soap. and l am
pleased to say that / am now completely
cured and well. 1t was impossible for me
to get employment, as my face, head and
body were covered with it. The eczema
FIRST appeared ON the top of my head,
and it had worked all the way around
down the back of my neck and=around to
my throat, down my body and around the
hips. 1t itched so l would be obliged to
scratch it. and the flesh was raw. l am
now all well, and l will be pleased to rec
ommend the Cuticura Remedies to all per-
sons who wish a speedy and permanent
cure of skin diseases. Thomas M. Rossi-
ter, 200 Prospect Street, East Orange, N.
j. Mar. 80, 1906"
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Fvaporated Fruits.

If apricots, prunes, peaches ane
other evaporated fruits are soaked
over night in water they. will be very
much improved. They should be al
lowed to stand in barely enough
water to cover them, as too much will
make them fiat and insipid. If they
are prepared in this way the taste
will be much better and, although ii
is hardly appetizing to admit it, much
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

lame in the morning. Doan's Kidne!
Pills helped me right away, and the
great relief that followed has been per-
manent."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster ilhurn Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

Thousands tell of
cures made by Doan's
Kidney Pills. John C.
Coleman, a prominent
merchant Of SWANS
boro, Ca, says: "FoI
several years my kid
neys were affected
and my back ached
day and night. l was
languid. nervous anc
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

great mental depression. was unable 70 OF
Tend tomyh house work, and life became o Dur
den to me. Twas confined for days TO my bed,
lost my appetite, my courage and al! noPee.
II could not bear to think of an operation,
and in nv distress / tried every remedy which
I thought would be of any use to me, and
reading of the value of Lydia z. Ptnkhems
Vegetable Compound to sick women decided
to give it a trial. l felt so discouraged that /
had little hope of recovery, and when ! began
to feel better, after the second week, thought
it only meant temporary relief; but to my
great surprise l found that / kept gaining,
while the tumor lessened in size.
1.-THE Compound continued to build up my
general health and the tumor seemed to be
absorbed, until, in seven months, the tuMor
was entirely gone and / a well woman. / am
so thankful for my recovery that / ask you
to publish my letter in newspapers, 30 other
women may know of the wonderful curative
powers of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular or painful periods, weakness. dis
placement or liberation of the female
organ that bearing-down feeling, in
fammation, backache, datulence, gen
eral debility, indigestion or nervous
prostration, they should remember
there is one tried and true remedy.
Lyuld u. HlHhAaMS 'eS91"oo 49,
pound at once removes such troubles.
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. No other medicine
has such a record Of cures of female
ills.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She is daughter
in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for
twenty-five years under her direction
and since her decease has been
advising sick women free of charge.
She has guided thousands to health.
Address, Lynn, Mass.
Remember that it is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that is ur-
ingwomen, anddon'ta llowanydrugSist
to Sc. anything else in its place.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

A bank noe just 100 years old has
wandered back 10 the treasurer OF
the Cheshire Bank, keene, n. H. Ii
is on the Cheshire Ba,.k for So. and is
signed by the first president the bank
ever had.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
They have discovered gold digging under
Broadway in New York.

FITS ST. vitus' Dance:Nervons Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Rsstorer. % trial bottle and treatise free.
Oh. II. Il. KLINE, Id. s3l Arch st. ,Phila. Pa.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
For the Hair.

Decorations for the hair are growing
larger. Huge birds of paradise, aigret-
ties Of great height and enormous but.
teriiies.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

DR.. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial
When taken at the beginning Of Stomach
Troubles never fails to cure Diarrhoea, Dys-
entery, Flux, Children Teething, etc. At
Druggists 25c and Soc per bottle.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

The University of Paris is said t.
lie one of the most cosmopolitan j
the world. OF The 14.462 students
the University, 1893, or more tEan ;:
Innth u rnrn:~.,n--
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

Itch cured in 80 minutes by WooIford's
Sanitary ! otion; never fails. sold by Drug
eists. Mail orders promptly filed by d.
Z. Detchon, Crawfordsviile. Ind. 81.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

H. H. GREENS Sons, of Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column Of this paper.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

Wood intended to be made into pianos
requires to be kept forty years to be in
perfect condition.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

BerIir has no sNuDe, owing II the Gov
ernmental proyisieM for the re9r.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

Mrs. Wipslow's Soothia" Syrup ior Children
teething ,softens thegk.ns, reducesinhamma-
ton, allays pair. cures wind collie ,26c q bottle
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

About $500. 300 people are ca The sea
every day IN the year.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

There's many a true word spoken in dis.
ouSt.-T.ife.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21

Women smoke in some few Of the New
I ork cafes.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
STRENGTHENING the Nerves.

The Manchurian or Korean tiger skin
Is considered the finest in the world.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-21
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE

Cure the Kidneys and h Pain VIII
Never Return.
Only one way to cure an acnlhe
back. Cure the cause, the kidneys.
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WHAr Joy ThEYBpING
70 FyERY f1oME J.

as with joyous hearts and smiling faces they romp and pay-when in heath-and
how conducive to health the games in which they indulge, the outdoor life they
enjoy tn. Clearly regular habits they should be taught to form and the wholesome
diet Of which they should parake. How tendery their health should be preserved,
not by constant medication, but by careful avoidance of every medicine of an injur-
vi or Objectionable nature, and if at anytime a remedial agent required to assist
nature, only those Of known excellence Should be used; remedies which are pure
and wholesome and truly beneficial in effect like the pleasant laxative remedy,
Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup OF Figs has
come into general favor n many millions of we'll informed families, whose estimate
of Its quality and excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use.
Syrup If Figs has also metw with the approval Of physicians generally because
they know it is wholesome, simple and gentle In its action. We inform all reputa-
bic physicians as to the medicinal principles of Syrup of Figs obtained, by an
original method, from certain plants known to them to act most benefciany and
presented in an agreeable syrup in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are
used to promote the pleasant taste; therefore it is not a secret remedy and hence
we are free to refer to all well informed physicians who do not approve Of patent
medicines and never favor indiscrmmate Standardization
Please to remember and teach your children also that the genuine Syrup of Figs
always has the full name of the Company-CaMoria Fig Syrup Co-pany
printed on the front Of every package and that 1t is for sale in bottles of n size
only If any dealer offers any other than the regular Fifty cent size, or having
printed thereon the name Of any other company, do not accept it If you fail to get
the genuine you will not get It's beneficial effects. Every family should always have
a bottle on hand, as it is equally beneficial for the parents and the children.
\ whenever a laxative remedy is required
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INTERESTING letter
WRITTEN BYA NOTABLEW0mAN
Mrs.. Sarah Kellogg OF n Y COLOR
Bearer OF the Woman's Reflex 0ofps'
Sends Thanks to Mrs. Pinkham.

The following
letter was written
by Mrs. Kellogg,
Of 1898 Lincoln
Ave-, Denver,
Col. to Mrs. Pink
m,Lynn,M Mass:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
For five years l
was troubled with o
tumor, which kept
growing, causing me
Intense agony Inc