The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-02-21

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country has not known for several
years. II trade has become so pros
porous it is remarkable that the spir-
it of investment Is so c~hastened.
Agriculture In Mancuria is In an ad-
yanced state. The land, several times
as large as a Japanese farm, Is Gull
tivated by farmers numbering only
20 per cent. of the number OF the
Japanese farmers. The deficit Is
made good by the abundance OF cat
tie and horses and by the laborers
from Shangtung province.
The dusky warriors Of Somaliland'
Central Africa, wheE engaged In war,
fare, exist entirely on a species OF
nut, about twice the size of a walnut.
Twenty Of them are a days ratlons
for a warrior, and he eats them Doll
ed.
Thh San Francisco Chronicle Cd
serves: Formerly we were accus'
toned to Dragging about our lnaVai)
achievements. but latterly we nave
become afflicted with a species OF
timidity, and have fallen into the
habit Of speaking In whispers abou'
our growing naval strength lest some
bumptious third class nation take OIL
fence and ask us to make good.
laws the New Orleans Times-Demo
| crat: I'VE have accepted RESPONSE
bilities which require a large nav
and have been niggard about supply
ing the ships and the bluejackets u
man them. The strength of the navy
should be continually increased unti
we have reached a point OF, o
safety, which will not be for man
+, wears. We should not be niggard II
making provision for either materla
or personnel"
DR.. Thomas G. Ely, of Philadelphia
in an article on neurasthenla IN tns
| Journal OF the American Medical AS
ISOLATION, lays much stress ON hurr!
and worry as leading causes 0 I ner
yous exhaustion. He has this to say
! Learn to hurry little and worry no
at all. An illustration consists in tne
fatigue from the hurry to catch
train. which is out Of all proportlol
to the physical effort expended. l
is the worry, the physical fatigue
| which is chiefly injurious. individuals
are too much like the modern teie
phone sign, always on duty" Foi
hurried and worried business. or nur
ried and worried pleasure, hurry alon'
! or worry alone, are poisonous to tn
nomal functions Of the nerve system
But the American combination o
worried hurry Is deadly. Each pring'
into action the worst features OF In
I other. OF course every n wa
stops to think will agree with the au
thor. but how few are able to follow
his good advice! Worry Is only tn
extra work, the increased e a
tear. for which we are neyer paio
It always binders but never WINS. l
means incapacity for anticipated el
forts. and yet me constantly plam'
circumstances rather than Jul lnnl
vidual selves.
England is beating her plough
shares and her pruning hooks mt
looms and boilers and lathes, mote
the New York Sun. In some brancne
the decline in agricultural productlo,
has been not only relative but actual
More and more England is becomln
dependent upon other lands for ne
food supplies. Almost from year I
wear her rural population decline
while her urban population increases
The tendency Of Our own people !
flock to cities and to m~anufacturln
centres is sufficiently alarming, bu
we still have a village and countr
regulation which includes someWna
more than half Of our total. In
British population of today is aDou
two-thirds urban and o%ne-third rura
It is beyond question that the Irs
mendous prosperity of the Unite
States, it's past growth and its pre-
emit activity are all in large measur
due to the fair balance between II
agricultural and its manufacturing II
terests. Euch supplies the wants an
the needs of the other, and the su.
plus of both gives US such expol
trade as we have. The experience
such. countries as Canada, Argentina
Cuba and Egypt may be cited as 9
least indicative of the ability OF con
munities to live and develop almoS
entirely on an agricultural basis.
is much less clearly shown that an
country can thrive, or even survlv'
on a strictly manufacturing basis. II
to the latter condition England seem
to be drifting with alarming rap1d1tl