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ORIGIN of "Chauffeur."

There were chauffeurs long before
automobiles. History tells us that the
year 1895 men strangely ACQUIRED
their faces covered with SCOT and
their yes carefully disguised, entered
by night farms and lonely habita.
tions and committed all sorts of dep
relations. They garrotted their vic
Tins, dragged them before a great fire
where they burned the soles of their
feet, and demanded information as tc
the whereabouts of their money and
Jewels. Hence they were called
''chauffeurs," a name which frightened
SO much our good grandmothers.-
Paris Figaro.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

There Is no sight in the world more
revolving than that of men sunk In
ignorance of everything but what
other men have written, with the
sense of beauty so keen and the pow
er Of expression SO cultivated that
their sensual caterwauling may al.
most be mistaken for the music Of
the spheres.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

Pet dogs IN SunDonnetS ana Dlue
glass spectacles may be een follow
ing their owners through the streets
of Berlin in hot weather.
The disastrous effects of hurricanes
on the cane crops of the West Indies
has led to the frequent discussion Of
insurance to cover this risk.
Sir Patrick Keith Murray has pre-
scented to the British nation an old
cushion on which the crown of Scot
land rested, and it has been placed
in the jewel room in Edinburgh castle.
Birds are scarce in Southern Italy
because they are hunted p%itilessly.
Along the highways hunters are always
lurking to kill off the few reckless
swallows who now and then fit from
the crags above the sea-.
Having supported himself as a ped
dler for seventy-1ve years, James o.
Dwyer, of Kilmihil, Ireland, who is
INV IV1 yCalo Olu, Ado "
time in his life been compelled to ask
for relief from the Kilrush board OF
guardians.
In Austria a "man" and a woman"
are considered to be capable Of con-
Quoting a home of their W from the
age of fourteen-a fact which accounts
in no small degree for the spirit OF
child fatherhood of the man" SO
prevalent in Austria.
By a somewhat primitive system, the
town of Thompson Falls, Mont, a
ages, in the hottest weather, to keep
rooms at a temperature of SIS degrees.
Wells are covered at the top, and
large pipes tap the current of cold air
a few feet below the surface Of the
ground, conveying it to different
rooms in nearby buildings.
The donkey is mans best friend
in Italy. He is a little cuss, but car
ries loads incomprehensibly too big
for him. Out of compliment, the COM
ic paper of Rome, with it's $4,000 cir
culation, calls itself "L'Asino: E il
Populo, Utile, Paziente e Bastonato'';
meaning: "The ASS: He's the Peo-
pie, Useful, Patient and Beaten" with
a stick.
Ice is regarded with superstitious
reverence in Italy, France and Eng
land. Common walters are not al
lowed to touch the precious product.
Instead, the head waiter hands it out
in ~infinitesimal fragments with a pair
of sugar tongs. Recently the London
newspapers have been clamoring for
the advent of some enterprising
American with an ice plant. Most
of the London editors are Americans
or have been in America, and their
palates yearn for long, cold things
with straws in them.
Two cents is the standard price for
an ordinary trolley fare in Italy,
France or Germany, and four cents is
the London standard. The distances
on the Continent are not SO great, but
the average ride is no shorter than
that on the New York trolleys. The
cars are not SO large, but they are
| clean, and people are not allowed to
stand up in the aisles or between
seats. Each car has a huge .yesti.
bule for any overflow of passengers,
and the standee must stand there or
get off the car. Milan has the best
line, and it is operated by the Societa
| EIettrica Edisono, which sounds like
home with . faw trimminss
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

been exposed again
and again to changes
OF weather. It Is no
wonder my kidneys
gave out and 1 went
ali to pieces at last.
For Ave years I was
fading away and
finally so weak that
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

Divorce statistics indicate, says the
Chicago Record-Herald, that in about
.Aree cases out Of ten it would have
seen better to have loved and lost,
md still better never to have loved
1t all.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

Any is perfectly satisfied
to have one husband, but mighty few
girls are content with one engage
ment.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

The fun about betting ON horse
races is if you lose you don't have to
tell anybody and if you win you brag
about it
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

Bird Grove, the house at Coventry
where George Eliot lived with her
father, was sold at auction a few days
ago for 1900 pounds. 1t was at this
house that the famous novelist formed
her friendship with the Brays, through
whom she was introduced to literature.
Her father died in 1S49, and the home
Vt Bird Grove was then broken up.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

IF a m can't find anything else
to be miserable about she can always
Get up a fit of jealousy.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

FITS. st. vitus'D Dance Nervous Diseases per.
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. SO trial bottle and treatise Tree.
DR.. I'd. R. Kline, Id, 931 Arch St, Phlia., fa'
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teetning, softens thegums, SILL ! hntt1e
ton, allays pain, cures wlnd conc, Soca Doo'io
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

A woman's shirt waist would be
terribly immodest if it were a bath
ing suit.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

The only people who get very much
fun out Of saving money are their
heirs.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

It is estimated that e~80.000,000
worth Of British treasure lies sunk
along the route from England to India.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

The only woman a man seems to
be ashamed to make love in public Is
his wife.
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d TO A ado
Worn Down by Five Years of Suffer.
ing From Kidney Complaint.

Mrs. Remethe Myers, of $50 South
Tenth st., 1ronton, o., says: Il have
worked hard in my time and have
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

Sir Patrick Keith Murray has pre-
scented to the British nation an OLD
cushion on which the crown of Scot
land rested, and it has been placed
in the jewel room in Edinburgh castle
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

The disastrous effects of hurricanes
on the cane crops of the West Indies
has led to the frequent discussion Of
insurance to cover this risk.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Pet dogs in s%unbonnets and blue
glass spectacles may be seen follow
ing their owners through the streets
of Berlin in hot weather.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

Birds are scarce in Southern Italy
because they are hunted p%itilessly.
Along the highways hunters are always
lurking to kill off the few reckless
swallows who now and then fit from
the crags above the sea.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-20

Having supported himself as a ped
dler for s~eventy-1ve years, James o.
Dwyer, of Kilmihil, Ireland, who is
now 102 years old, has for the first
time in his life been compelled to ask
for relief from the Kilrush board Of
guardians.
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Out of the Month Of Rn1 ,e..

The late Frederic II. Coudert, the
noted lawyer and wit, had a great
Kindness for children. He collected
indefatigably the quaint sayings of
children, and II of the treasures of
his library was a small manuscript
volume filled with definitions that chill
dren had composed. This volume was
called "A Child's Dictionary" and
these are some Of the definitions that
Mr.. Coudert would read from the
book:
"Dust-Mud with the Juice squeezed
out of it,"
"Snoring-Letting off Sleep"
"Backbiter-A mosquito"
"Fan-A thing to brush the warm OF
with.'
"1ce-Water that went to sleep in the
cold"
"Apples-The bubbles that apple
trees blow."-Judge's Magazine of Fun.
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&AbT
plan, Columbia ser Professor John w.
Burgess OF its faculty to Germany to
lecture for n year ut the University
OF Berlin. and he occupies while there
what is known AS the Theodore
Roosevelt pro~fessorship.' On the 9TH
er hand. DR.. Schumacher is "Kaiser
Wilhelm professor at Columbia. The
father of Professor Schumacher was
once the German consul general at
New York.
1t is a peculiar situation of family
AFFAIRS that is revealed in the contest
by Mrs. Jones WiSter OF PHILADELPHIA
OF the will of the late William Weight.
man, her father-in-law. There is much
mystery about the case, and the feel
Ing between Mrs. WiSter and the
daughter Of Mr.. Weigh,man. Mrs.
Anne Wcightman Walker. to whom he
left his fortune, is anything but cor
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sort is thai staggering BritiSher Rud-
yard kiplin-. \otoriety may be thrust
upon one 1t was thrust upon Kip
ling. and we We're inclined to be sorry
for him. SO clever n fellow as he. after
his fashion. ought not to have been so
handicapped at his start. we argued.
He and his intelligent readers would
have been happier if he had at
tracted Il reasonable amount of atten-
ton. Eut he Plain Tales From the
Hills made nothin. less than Il hue
and cry. And therefore we We're sorry
for kiplin.. How could his talent
survive such a juuketing: But our
pity WIS wasted upon him. No sooner
was h. talked about than he ooh Il
firm clutch on notorieiy and is still
holding 10 it.
'kiplin= is a year old. \ half dozen
stories Or sketches brought him into Il
sudden Prominence. which went far to
Illustrate The worlds craving
Tor something. sensational. There was
sonlethin. sensational in Kirling's
sketches. They We're not startling
works, and they We're not works on
which Il reputation could be safely
built. Nevertheless the world hurrah-
ed, the photographers Photographed, the
newspapers tool their cue and gave
an absurdly large portion of their
space TO c%hroniclings of the rising
genius and the Britisher with the
curious anne with a ~heathenish Indian
vocabulary to draw from and with "A
head full OF wild barrack yarns shonc
out wildly AS a man OF mark.
zone literary scheme fell from his
hand only TO give place to another.
his scrapbook and odds and ends
were deluged on the publishers. Since
he sprang 10 the light he has fnthered
Ok volumes. However. IL the world
must have its little lin gods on wheels
now and then kipling may he said TO
serve the purpose. Meanwhile thought
tui observers Will feel uudoubted in
'erest In watching his career. Thus
'ar he has written practically one book
IN SIX variations. And that book, IL II
were lost, would leave hardly a gap in
literature"
me same critic writing now would
De compelled 10 admit that Kipling's
reputation M present partakes more Of
ram" than OF M"r" n0toriety.
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sides OF the ocean not only for her
beauty OF face and form. but for her
artistic posing and fascinating ways
upon the stage. Her adorers have been
many. and among those who lost their
hearts to the fair Mabelle was the
crown prince of Siam. Some time ago.
when Miss Gilman's name began to be
mentioned in connection with the d.
vorce suit brought by the former Mrs.
Corey against her husband, the actress
was interviewed in Paris, and she said:
II protest against the custom Of
making theater girls scapegoats for
the domestic troubles of %millionaires.
II wives have difficulties with their
husbands. artists are rarely the cause.
The latter's calling is too exacting to
allow them time to be home wreckers,
even if they wished. Necessarily they
are before the public and often good
looking.
Jealous women lightly point the
finger of scOrn at us. If these people
knew how hard we work, how little
time successful artists have for fri
volity. they would realize that our
minds are occupied with thoughts other
than of their husbands. Respectable
artists should form a league against
the absurd attacks Of unattractive
married m If wives would take
the proper care Of their husbands nei-
Their they nor their friends would need
to seek xcu in the bright eyes of
artists for their husbands neglect"
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True Economy.

1t is charged of a western state SEN
atOr that he was able to save $50, 600
IN nine years on a salary of $1,000 a
year. This would seem to be an i'm
possibility to the mar who blows his
money recklessly for food and such
things. but we should not he too hasty
to blame this mar without knowing
all of the facts in the case.
There are many ways that a thrifty
statesman has of supplementing his
salary. For one thing he must surely
be paid literally to smoke the brand Of
cigars with which he perfumes the air.
Surely 40 man would smoke them for
nothing.
If he gets $1,000 a year as salary and
$4,000 a year for smoking the cigars.
the problem of building up a comforta-
BILE fortune should be a simple one.
Then in addition his wife may do her
own work, and he may wear celluloid
collars. For all we know, the MAJ
may, after all, be a model for the
young.
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liz NukueSV VOv-
CHENG. or,r,or+ .. g.
to Washington. He thinks his country
men are much misunderstood In the
United States and on that account are
more ridiculed and looked down upon
than they ought to be. Speaking on
the subject to an American audience he
once said: II have become thoroughly
convinced that my countrymen will
never succeed among you until they
make up their minds to master the Eng
lish language and participate much
more freely In the life and habits Of
your people. The gross ignorance Of a
knowledge of English among my coun
trymen who are here to stay is especial
~ to blame for the way they are dis
Mked-and, l must confess, too often
looked upon with contempt-by the
American people. II my countrymen
would each and all master your lam
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MABELLE GILMAN.
The Actress Who. II ~
Will Marry VILLA III T.. Corey.

The Actress Who. II ~ Reported.
Will Marry William T.. Corey.
Reports have come from Paris that a
marriage would soon take place in that
city between William Ellis Corey, pres.
ident of the United States Steel corpO.
ration. and Mabelle Gilman. the ac-
tresS who was alleged to have caused
the e"stranycmcnt between the steel
magnate and his former wife. Mr..
Corey recently leased Il luxurious es-
Enlistment in the French capital, and
this. it is said, will be the scene of the
wedding festivities.
A gushing writer once declared of
Miss Gilman. Every movement she
makes Is full OF grace and poetry"
She has been greatly admired on both
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genue role in Lovers Lane" The
typical emotional leading lady is Of
statuespue proportions. but in this case
a petite blond is called for. rs Mr.. Sin
clair drew his picture of Ono thus. ana
It would he impossible to change her
appearance without disappointing thou
sands OF readers OF the book who will
see the play. Miss Hall fits the part
both as to appearance and emotional
powers. She has been leading lady of
the Burbank Stock company in Los
Angeles for two seasons. Previously
She won much success in the east III
such roles as those Of Nora in 1hsen's
DOLLS House and Camille in tie play
OF thai name and made quite L hit in
THE Lily and the Prince"
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In Il set to which MRS. JONES wI>fEE.
Mrs. Walker has never been able TO
ehe an entrance. ON this account
ana also because Mr.. WeiShtman ut
one time showed Il Partially for Mrs.
Nlster Il quarrel arose between the
TWO women, or, rather, i'll concealed
dislike existed between them. At tn.
time the testator and Mrs. Wistcr
We're on terms of close friendship he
made a will In her favor. but after
ward changed it SO as to beaueath
practically all his great fortune to his
daughter. When the contest Of the
Will was begun Mrs. Walkers attor-
neys produced in court a scrap OF pa.
per which caused a sensation among
the contestants. Upon this paper the
late Mr.. Weightmnn had written a
statement about Mrs. Wister and filed
It In his desk with his will. What III.
contents OF the paper were no one
would reveal. hut on its production II
was mt first given out that til. contest
OF the will would be abandoned LATER
Mrs. WiSicr announced that ,h. would
continue the contest and that the pa-
per benefited her side Of th.. case. Mrs
Nlster ono" told friends that Mr.
Weightman. after her husbands death
asked her TO marry him, In the cour,
proceedings a witness to th. will said
Mr.. Weightman had told him sh. had
oeeh Tue on to make the proposal.
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ner he lived until fortune smiled on
him. When night came he rolled him.
self In a single blanket and slept on
the floor. In those days Il plate Of bak-
ed beans would have seemed like a
feast. His first case finally came and
netted him SIS. Quick to see the bene-
fit OF having many friends Of the class
who most frequently get into trouble,
Moran went IN for boxing and casually
from time to time invited the boys to
his office to put on the gloves with
him. He astonished them by his quick
ness and litheness. and soon the word
went around that Moran was the man
to have for a lawyer.
Professor Hermann Schumacher. who
recently arrived In this country to give
a course Of lectures ut Columbia uni
versity, Is the incumbent Of the chair
of economics mt the University of
Bonn. His giving instruction Mt Co
lumbia constitutes Il new departure in
scholastic affairs and Is largely due to
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sat for a photograph. But in
honor Of the publication of his
new book. Puck Of Pook's HILL" he
consented to the reproduction Of Il
snapshot which Mrs. Kipling took Of
In hand on his farm in Sussex. Eng
land. In this picture the author has
the dreamy look which seems to be Il
characteristic Of his portraits. He
looks his forty-One years. too. and that
Is moi strange. for in his brief lifetime
he has accomplished more than most
men, even those of considerable abil-
ity, could achieve by living to he Il
hundred. He vaulted into fame when
scarcely more than a boy. That q it.
self was not SO strange, for many per
sons with literary talents have enjoy
ed public attention for a time when
young. But usually prodigies in litera-
making n pronounced literary hit
they retire to the rear Of the stage and
the tickle public finds other favoritc>
and forgcts their very existence. With
Kipling it has been different. He held
the attention of the public. once he
gained it. Fifteen years ago a critic.
writing under the caption will He
Achieve Lasting Fame:" said:
"NOtoriety is one thing. and fame is
another. The fame which is part no
tOriety. the notoriety which is part
fame. puzzles me The very latest
p%ossessOr of the stuff-there is no
for 1t. and it is stuff of some
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dial. Mrs. WiStcr
was the widow of Il
son Of Mr.. Weight
man when she mar
ricd her present
husband. She I'M
dertook to break
the will of the
millionaire in order
to get a share of
the SGp, unu,uUO cs
tate for her minor
daughter. She be
longs to one of the
old families of Phil
adelphia and moves
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knight Of the District school.

Dere Mary Jones. theze lynes l rite
To tell whot's in my heart.
Since schulz TUX upp l ben in luvo
With you: to me thou art
The sweetest lite! gurl alive.
An Id jest think It tyne
II you wud say ye're stuck on me
An promise to be mine.
! wisht a dragon wud cum long
An try to hirt you. dere.
I'd git a u an kill him ded;
Eel him I'd have no fere.
! wisht that sum ole buGhouse kina
Wud try to mako you his:
I'd git a klub and bette him upp-
Gosh. how Id fte. Gee whiz:
Er IN you'd fall into sum streme
When l was hangin' round
I'd holler: "Wate. I'm comm, dere!''
You never wud git drowned.
Fer you. mi dere. I'd take an hte
4 polecat er a snake.
With luve an kisses I am yures
Forever. Tommy Lake.
Denver Pose
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Merciful Providence.

Nothing can surpass in delicacy the
reply made to an East Indian servant
Of the late Lord Dufferin when he was
vicerOy of India.
well. what sort Of sport has Lord
- had!' said Lord Dufferin one day
to his servant, who had attended a
young English lord on a shooting ex-
cursion.
"Oh." replied the sc%rupulously polite
Hindoo, the young sahib shot divine
~, but Providence was very merciful
to the birds."-Tit-B Bits.
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istic idea Of being
Independent, he
took desk O
with three sewing
machine agents
about as well fixed
as himself. All
four slept in the
office at night to
save o rent.
He would haunt
the Roxbury court
looking for cases
and then return to
his little office,
buying Il loaf Of
bread at the corner
bakery on his way
back. In this n
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taken full advan-
tage. Miss Anglin
Is a Canadian by
birth. the daughte,
Of the Hon. Peter
Anglin. for many
years a member Of
the Dominion par
lament and salt to
have been the O
brilliant IN g III b q
who ever graced
that assc III bly,.
Dame Fortune Or
dained that Miss
A~~lS
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Miggles-There's Il wonderful differ
ence between my two nephews. One of
them is Il born hustler. and the other is
too lazy to work.
Wiggles-How does the lazy one
manage to exist?
Miggles-Oh, he has Il job in a store
that doesn't advertiSe.-ChicagO News.
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the initiative of the
German emperor,
who thought it
would be a good
idea to institute Il
system Of exchange
between professors
in German and
American institu-
tons of learning
and In this way to
bring the scholars
and students of the
two nations in
closer contact and
sympathy. In ac-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-05

John Il. Moran. Democratic candidate
for governor of Massachusetts. who
won his nomination for that Office on
his record as district attorney of Suf-
folk county. the county in which Bos-
ton is situated, had to put up with a
good many privations when he was
getting started in his profession. His
father wanted to help him through col
lege, but John refused aid. He wanted
to work his w way, and while study
ing at Boston university he lived on
the most frugal fare. He passed his
bar examinations and was admitted
after a year and a half of study. when
only twenty-five years old. Not hay
ing money enough to hire an office Of
his own, but with the same character
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and then. mind you.' exclaimed
Miss l'assay. 'hc asked me il l
wouldn't marry the first man that
came along"
1.-The idea" remarked Miss Knox.
"bon't those obviously unnecessary
questions make you sick y"-Smart Set,
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HEROINE OF 1.-THE JUNGLE"

blanche Hall. Who viii Portray the
Part Of Ona.
The sensation in literature and poll
tics caused by Upton Sinclair's novel
entitled "rhe Jungle has led to it's be-
ing dramatized. and the title role Of
Ona is to be taken by Blanche Hall,
who Il few years ago played the in
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A Danger.

HE is Il wonderful debater."
YES" said the analyst. 'He is one
Of those people who are tempted to de-
iberately take the wrong side Of a
question to show how smart they are"
Washington Star.