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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

TChrstianC Church, I Should believe m CONVICTION and foreU u conHuence
if 1 did O as speaking OF only before yu but for o claim Tor hy matrt
mony this character nc this sanction.
We re confronted and confounded in our day and in our land with a cn
dfuon of things about this question which discredits our country dshonors our
Christianity disgraces III manhood and our womanhood In the nparalele lire
uuency and the unlimited facility old divorce. Against this hideous horrible
infection the Christian church, under whatever name must stand together as one
Here is the place no for federation only, or combination, or cooperation, but
of absolute, impregnable unity, an the place to begin is lot In the Legislature
or in the divorce courts, but n the teaching of the pulpit the insstence of
the ministry and the influence Of Christian manhood n ID womanhood for
the solemnty d scaredness of marriage.
The hastness and thoughtlessness of men and women who are really boys
and girls, in bethrothals, mere impulse with. a frothy sentiment or
a foul passion; the commercial management Of matchmaking
for place, for title, for money; the careless and the criminal neglect of
clergymen to find out the condition and circumstances of people coming to them
for marriage, are at the bottom of the misery If so much married life today.
And as m studies the surroundings of what is called a wedding lin our
time one cannot but depore the irreverent confusion and display which browns
the righteousness and disturbs the dignity of the service Itself, and the vulgar
violation of the modesty and privacy which belong to the entrance of this holy
estate with the horse play Of pacarded trunks and labelled carriages and rail-
way trains and stations crowded with noisy outsiders and reekfng with DeNed
rice,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion; never fails. Sold BY
Druggists. Mail orders promptly filed
by DR.. Detchop, Charlottesville, Ind. 81.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04
the MAEK.

7, "a Individual pays small debts, ten,
Aventy. or d few hundreds OF doi'ar
promptly, he soon has excellent crealo Ia
that proportion. So i ne pays 'n +, : nor,
rcvafion paws hundreds of thousands OF
dollars promptly, and finally goes beyond
the million dollar mark, it takes q very nigh
rank when it is carefully and well manageo.
That is the mark The Mississippi Home In
gurance Company has passed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

The Seri Indians make an odd
shaped continuance of plated wicker
work, with a hole at the top, through
which the occupier crawls at night
to sleep.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

Mere invention was regarded as vulgar in
ancient times.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
rfacough cure.-J. W. O'BRIEN, 1922 Thrill
Avenue, N. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1901.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money if It fails to euro. L,
W Groves signature on each box. CSC.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

In the interest of the increase in
population, a Frenchman suggests that
married men and fathers be exempted
from military duty.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

Nearly one-third Of the $751; 600 in
habitants of Cleveland. Ohio, were
born in Europe.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04
DON'T DESPAIR.

Read the Experience of a Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart.
If your back aches, and you feel
sick. languid, weak and miserable day
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

The biggest cannon bail ever made
weighed 2600 pounds.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

FITS permanently cured. No fits or pervous-
ness after first days use OF DR.. Eline's Grea.
Nerve Restorer, S2trisl bottle andtreatisefreo
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch St., phila., Pa.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething ,~softens the gums reduces
ton, allays pain cures wind colo, 25c. q bottle.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04
rchne,, g., chrrc,,.

The momentum of a swiftly flying bird
is considerable
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

1t is fifty wears since friction matches
were invented.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

The japanese Government is printing q
complete record of the war.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable
.nke in the world
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

The Natal, launched in England on
September 80, is the most powerful
cruiser in the world.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

On the other hand 1 remember that the successful man who built VI the
largest American steamship line in the United States, the head of another
influential American steamship line, the head of the Oldest house connected
with the American sailing vessels, whose anne is known to all old time ship
ping merchants committed suicide. In Brooklyn, the owner of the largest
warehouse, and in Wall street the president o. a bank in the frdghing bust
ness a prominent broker, a member of the Produce Exchange, n of the
the company, also killed themselves.
IS n o scandal raj attached to these men and they had M businesst troubles
and they led active, honorable careers, loved by their families, with every.
thing o i've for m of them being members of churches l wonder what led
them to selfdestruction when miserable wretches whose every moment is
spent N suffering re SO tenacious Of life? What cause or effects or reasoning
could urge these able, successful men to sefdestrucuon? New York Sun
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

Government engineers are mapping
Puget Sound for mines.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

More than one-third of the inmates
of the Elmira IN. " States prison
are we'll educated
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

a WHarRbreeU euro FOr FIIes,
Itching, Blind, Bleeding. Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund moneyi,
Pazo Ointment fails to cure in 6 to IA days. SOC.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

Planted from the seed, the papaya
will spring up as if by magic, and in
the surprisingly short period of four
teen months a prolific orchard will
appear. In the culinary department
the papaya should be Indispensable.
A tough roast wrapped in the leaves
for two hours before cooking will
become tender. A tough fowl stuffed
with fruit and left in the refrigerator
two hours resembles a spring chicken
Belgian women take a pride in de-
ing their own work.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

The Japanese sill use American leather
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04

- have in n or two instances involved moves of two hundred
miles Dr. more have greatly added to the expenses of the work. l have paid
u three or four hundred dollars in railroad and hack fares, and In freight
charges, besides the loss incident to breaking up and moving from one place
to another,I have kept a horse fifteen years. and a buggy about a dozen, ave
had m horse tt die and another o 20 blind, and the buggy l % hav is al
most like tn wonderful onehorse chaise, just before that classic vehicle went
to pieces. My sight is sufficient 20 enable m e o drve i've plain and familiar
roads.
We find it necessary to be economical Our living is simple In the
morning we have biscuit n butter and bacon gravy, with a title ham now
and then, chicken in the Summer, and fresh pork-when neghbors furnish
tin Winter We also ave coffee for m wife n myself and, kettle tea"
for the children. At dinner, we have vegetables such as beans, potatoes and
corn during the Summer, with good bread, homemade, and sometimes a simple
dessert At supper, which we generally have about nightfal,, we have bread
ind butter, with fruit, when we car get it., In mill or tea. We lave occupied
nine different pMsonages, and attached to these have generally been lots large
enough for a good garden and sundry patches. On our present lot we hope o
make a light bale of cotton this year. I usually buy one good suit of clothes
every two orthreey ears which / say for marriages, funerals an strictly Sun
day wear, making less costly clothes answer for everyday veal These best
suits usually cost about fifteen dollars, and 1 get them ready made ut of the
stores. My wife usually makes Ter W dresses, and does most Of the sewing
for the family We keep n o servants, but put ut the washing and ironing,
which costs about fifty cents a week. We generally rise about SIX, have break
fast al hour later, the little girls go to school after washing the dshes-my son
has been away from home most of the time for a year, attending schod-and
my wife and put things to rights in our room, and then sit down for a quiet
mornings work-The Independent
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04
Believe in Hearsay.
Rx Reatrice Fairfax.

EIIEF in the prophecies of palmreaders and soothsayers mas DeSn
the undoing of a young married woman.
She visited the mystic people constantly and they nrst al
yised her to watch her husband.
Tho result was numerous uuarrels between husband ana
wife. and at present she is held on the charge OF attempting 70
i'm uunman Of hon she a Jealous.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04
Riddle Of Life.
Comparative Rarity of Suicide Among the Poorer
Men in A america.
BY A Christian.

N my fifty years of business life / have employed thousands
poor men from Maine to Vrginia-men who suffered ills of tt
flesh, hard knocks of poverty and bruisings of the spirit. l ha,
seen men whose lives had no light, whose careers offered, appa
emily, nothing but unhappness and sorrow. Yet of the thou
ands of men in such cases that l have known only one cor
mtted suicide.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04
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The Divorce Evil.
By Bishop William G. Doant

HE foundation of family life is marriage-marrfage in its full ano
noble thought, not a mere civil contract entered into recklessly
and little esteemed, but "the holy estate" into which, under the
sanction of Almighty God, subject to the law of the land, and with
the blessing of the Church, two people came to be made man and
e wife, so long as they both shall live, till death them doth part.
Sroakine in an assemhlaga of Christian men. repreSenUng the
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-01-04
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Life Of a Minister.
the Individual to Preach the Gospel In
Some Parts of America.
BY a Clergyman.

HAVE now been an itinerant Methodist preacher almost twent
eight years. My salary, since l was married, has averaged $3
a year, exclusive of house rent. 1 have only once or twice lie
a circuit in deft to any one in it, and am today free from fnanci
embarrassment. 1 am now serving my twentieth pastoral chars
and these frequent changes from one pastorate to another, whit
have in one or two instances involved moves of two hundrt
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
A Heavy Load to Carry.

Along with dyspepsia comes nervous.
ness and general ill-health. Why? Be
cause a dfsordered stomach does not per.
init the food to be properly digested, and
its products assimilated by the system.
The blood is charged with poisons which
come from this disordered digestion, and
in turn the nerves are not fed on good,
red blood, and we see symptoms Of nerv-
business, sleeplessness and general break
down. It IL not head work, nor over ply
steal eXertion that does 1t, but poor stom-
ach work. With poor, thin blood the
body is not protected against the attack
q germs o. grip 6r SoSH ~ AND conI .S p
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
BLOW UP SAFE
IN SAN DIEGO
BOLD BURGLARS RANSACKED
THE P0ST0FFICE
Sailors Payday SWelIs the Receipts
and Haul Is Large - Los
Angeles Sends Stamps
There
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 26.-The main
postoffice at this place was entered by
robbers last night and it is believed a
large amount of money was stolen. At
some time between 11:30 last night and
6 o'clock this morning the vault was
dynamited.
All the stamps in the Office were
taken and the office today wired for
$500 worth from Los Angeles. 1t is be-
leved the amount stolen will reach a
large sum, as a heavy money order
business was done with the sailors of
the Pacific squadron on Saturday, pay
day, prior to the departure of the
ships.
Postmaster Newkirk declines to give
an estimate of the amount secured by
the robbers. but it is understood to be
$4,000. Entrance to the building was
effected by breaking through glass
rear door protected on the inside by
heavy wire netting. The vault door
was drilled and the tumblers knocked
out of position without the use Of ex-
plosives.
The Office is on the ground floor of a
five-story building, the upper floors be-
ing used as lodging house. No
Waterman is employed at the Office and
the arrangements are such that per-
sons on the inside could not be seen
from without.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
ORCHARDS WIFE,
DENIES RELATION
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 26.-None of the
suspects under arrest in connection
with the Steunenberg assassination was
taken to Caldwell today and none of
them will be called before the grand
jury until tomorrow. Floyd r. Thomp-
son, secretary of the western Mine
Owners association, has arrived here
from Cripple Greek, Colorado, and
identify the prisoners,
Mr.. Thompson today stated that
Harry Orchards wife, who lives at
independence, Colorado, has denied
that the man under arrest here is her
husband. The preliminary examination
of Meyer, Haywood, Pettibone and
Adams, which was set for tomorrow,
will be postponed, pending the pro-
ceedings before the grand jury.
The attorneys representing the West
ern Federation of Miners continue to
complain of the treatment accorded
their clients at the state penitentiary.
They are imprisoned under the same
regulations, the lawyers say, as gov
ern the keeping of convicts. The cleo
trio lights have been taken out of their
cells and candles substituted. This
was done, it is said, to lessen the op-
portunity for suicide.
The condition Of Harry Orchard,
which last week caused the prosecu-
ton some anxiety, has so far improved
that his recovery seems certain. He is
now without fever
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
HOUSE ADJOURNS
OUT OF RESPECT
REPRESENTATIVES, ADOPT RES
0LUTIoNS
Appropriate Action Taken in Honor
Of former Speaker David 3.
enderson-Dalzell Bill
Comes Up
BY Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.--The death
OF former Speaker David b. Hender-
son was the subject of appropriate ac-
ton i'm the house of representatives to-
day, when, after the transaction of
less than a days business resolutions
of respect and esteem were adopted
and adjournment taken as a further
mark of respect to his memory.
Several bills relating to the District
of Columbia were passed, one incor-
porating the national society of Sons
of the American Revolution.
The remainder of the session was de-
voted to consideration of the Dalzell
bill, incorporating the Lake Erie &
Ohio River Ship Canal company.
During the consideration of district
legislation, Mr.. Sims of Tennessee made
q severe arraignment of the reform of
the district. 1t was un-American, UNI
Republican and un-Democratic. A
bill was passed giving O national
charter to the National Society Sons
of the Revolution.
The Dalzell bill to incorporate the
Lake Erie & Ohio River Ship Canal
company was then taken up. Mr..
Davidson of Wisconsin, chairman of
the committee on railways and canals,
explained the bill. The canal, he said,
would cost between $35,OOO,OOO and $780,
900, 900.
1t would extend from Pittsburg to
Ashtabula, o., on Lake Erie, dis
lance of 100 miles. Forty-six miles
from Pittsburg the Ohio and Beaver
rivers would be canalized.
Discussion followed and Mr.. Dalzell
closed the debate for the bill and
demanded the previous question.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
PLANS TRIP TO REACH
THE FROZEN NORTH
CAPTAIN MIkkELSEN TO SAIL
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Expedition Will Be Made Under the
Joint Auspices of European and
American Geographical Societies.
Personally Supervising Supplies
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Capt. Ejnar,
Mikkelsen's preparations for his Arctic
expedition to the north of this continent
have advanced so far that he will leave
New York tonight for Chicago and San
Francisco
His sledges and supplies are arriving
from England, and on the Pacific coast
he will purchase the vessel he needs
for his two years. work On his ar
rival here Capt. Mikkelsen was con-
fronted with an unexpected difficulty.
The Royal Geographical society and a
few individuals had provided him with
ample funds for the equipment of
small expedition.
His supplies and other equipment
were prepared under his personal super
vision, and he made arrangements to
be taken north on one of the whalers
that leave San Francisco every season
for the Alaskan coast and the mouth
OF the Mackenzie.
were frozen in the ice on the Arctic
coast just as they were preparing to
return home. Only two whalers will
leave San Francisco this year and
neither of them would engage to land
Mikkelsen at his destination
A few days after his arrival here
Capt. Mikkelsen laid his plans before
the American Geographical society,
with a statement Of the unexpected sit
uation in which he was placed. After
due consideration the society decided
to present to him the entire sum re-
quired to enable him to leave for the
north on his own vessel as soon as there
Is any possibility of pushing through
Behring strait into the Arctic ocean.
The Mikkelsen expedition is going to
Banks land under the joint auspices
of the ROYAL Geographical society of
London and the American Geographical
soofafV
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
ADVISES JAPS TO STAY AWAY
Japanese Consul General Tells Coun-
trymen That Labor Is Scarce
on Pacific Coast
By Associated Press.

HONOLULU, Feb. 26.-Mild Saito,
the Japanese consul general, has issued
strong statement to the Japanese
laborers of the Hawaiian islands, adj
vising them against going to the Pa.
'cific coast and warming them that DUR
ing many months of the year they
will find no work there.
He says that the expensive living
more than counterbalances the offer of
larger wages. He further says that
there is much restitution and even
starvation among the Japanese who
have already gone to the Pacific coast
states.
The consul general declares that the
climate on the coast is more severe
than in Hawaii and that there is les
labor.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
CHICAGO CONCERN IN BAD WAY
Million Dollars Worth Of stock Sold;
Cash on Hand but one
Hundred Dollars

sheotNifAANh
CHICAGO. Feb. 26.-Judge Bethea of
the United states circuit court today
appointed Edwin 9. Day receiver for
the Cash Buyers Union First National
COOPERATIVE society.
The charge is made i'm connection with
the receivership proceedings that stock
in the concern aggregating 100000 has
been sold to farmers throughout the
country and that there Is a cash bal
ance of 500 on hand.
Complaint was made some time ago
to the postal authorities by persons
who had been solicited through the
mails to buy stock in the company.
Postoffice Inspectors Ketcham and
Kimball commenced an investigation,
in which 1t was learned, they declare,
that there was no credit on hand nor
any money coming in and that the
company owes S250,000 on merchandise.
Instead of taking the usual course,
the inspectors secured information upon
which the company could be thrown
into bankruptcy, and the receivership
proceedings were commenced with the
knowledge and approval of the post
office department..
Julius Kahn is president and general
manager of the company.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
PRESIDENT CASTRO UNNERyED
Condition Caused by Unknown Mans
Attempt to Poison Rev.
Juan Castro

WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao,
Feb. 26.-According to advices received
from Caracas. President Castro is
greatly uniierved as fine result of, an
unsuccessful attempt by an unknown
person to poison the Most Rev. Dr.
Juan Castro. archbishop of Venezuela,
by putting nitrate of silver in the COM
munal on Sunday. February is, which
caused a great sensation.
The arch bishop some time ago ISSUED
an ecclesiastic rebuke to the Venez-
uelan clergy for their immortality.
The attempt on the archbishop's life
is generally attributed to this.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
LID IS ON TIGHT IN SPOKANE
Arrest of Many Busi-
ness Men

By Associated Press,
SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 26.-The law
enforcement league of this city today
swore out warrants against six of the
leading saloon keepers on the charge
of keeping open on Sunday.
The liquor dealers at once retail
ated by securing warrants for the ar
rest of the managers of the theaters,
the Hazelwood Dairy company and the
Washington Water Power company,
and threaten to bring charges against
some $50 other business men for doing
business on Sunday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
CASTRO SEEKS ARBITRATION
Wants the Trouble over FiIibustering
Steamer Settled in
This Way
BY Associated Press.

WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao,
Feb. 26.-It is learned from official
sources at Caracas, Venezuela, that
President Castro's next move in the
French question will be to call upon
the United States to arbitrate the ques-
ton of the amount of damage done by
France in permitting the filbustering
steamer Banrighl at Fort de France,
Island of Martinique to prey upon
Venezuelan commerce and transport
troops during the Matos revolt.
The United States claim against
Great Britain in the case of the Ala
bama will be cited as a precedent.