The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-28

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According to Professor Skeat, the
only true spelling Of any word is that
which most reasonably gives Its
sound. Artemus Ward was, there
fore a correct speller and the most
notable pioneer of reform. By the
way, why doesn't the professor set a
good example and spell his name
Skate?
II it is no longer possible to sue
coed in business without making use
of the telephone, says The Spectator,
Is 1t not conceivable that even the bal
ance of private or social life may be
upset into the bargain? There may
be imagined a time when 1t will be
mo use trying to know the So-and-
o because they are not on the
phone"
No panic, no crisis, no crop failure,
and the wreck of no fortune, however
vast, can permanently injure the coun-
try, or impede its greatness as a ma
ton Of honest and good-living people,
boasts the New York News; and the
possession of all other virtues in the
calendar of heaven will not avali
those who give their lives Up solely
to the accumulation Of wealth.
A lone Indiana woman settled the
problem of what to do with a man
discovered under the bed by getting a
double barreled shotgun, order
ing him out and filing his
legs with buskshot. The story
would be more impressive If the
resourceful woman had been a spins
ter. Marriage seems to invest a wom-
an with daring unknown to her SIN
gle sister. No burglar was ever AFRAID
of an old maid.
This is no time for snap judgments.
That the President is In earnest Is
certain, observes the Boston Trans
cript. That he has taken almost IN
p~recedented pains to secure reliable
data for his conclusions Is evident
and he has mistaken confidence IN
the correctness of those
but the correlations Of the main ques-
ton are so vast and involved tnat
there may be openings for mistakes
even under the most acute ana
searching analysis.
For the averted coal strike the puo-
lie has the miners chiefly to thank.
How far their policy of concession
was dictated by self-interest Is not So
material as the satisfactory outcome
Of the dispute, which Is n man
thing, declares the New York Woria.
The fact that the miners had o 10
lose by a strike will not detract from
the credit due their representatives
for their conciliatory attitude during
the negotiations.
A German investigator finds that
where wages are lowest crime Is most
prevalent; where wages are nignest
there is the least crime. This is
strikingly emphasized as regaruS
theft. Olt of the fourteen provinces
the six which show the highest record.
for robbery are those in which tine
davis wage is the lowest. Social mis-
ery is not the only cause Of crime, Dut
It is one of the most important.
There is an implied contract Win
the railroad corporation that In re-
turn for what the Government a
granted to it, the public shall receive
something more than the right to ouy
transportation at whatever price tne
recipients Of these Government raw
ors choose to sell it, declares the ne"
York Press.
IT Is a source of regret in England
that the lectures read before the
ROYAL United Service Institution deal
almost exclusively with army aHalrs
and that the Admiralty tries to ais
courage active officers from submit
ting professional papers for general
discussion. This is pure medlaeVai-
ism. for surely all the wlsdom-tne
last words not confined to the sea
lords, says the New York Herald. we
do better on his side of the water, but
not SO much better than we can
nride ourselves out Of all whooplng.
The weakness of any government Is
measured by its supersensitiveness 10
fair criticism. There Is, OF course, d
roper limit to discussion, when, for
example, overenthusiasm boils into
abuse of what is and change is sought
simply for changes sake.
The Standard OILS lawyer-in-chief
is amazed at the Garfield report. He
saw 1t is unfair and unjust-"abso-
lutely" so. The Standard Oil has
been m~aligned, he says, and will now
proceed to confute the maligners.
why do they rage SO against a cor
poration that obeys the law scrlpu-
lousy, is getting nc improper favors
from railroads, and doesn't care a rap
about free alcohol? He cannot under
stand it, notes the Hartford Courant.
Something of import-something that
is going to have mighty interesting
s~equels, political and other-occurred
in the United States Of America re-
Gently.
The statisticians have not definitely
A~scertained the centre of crime, but
If the lenity WITH which murderers