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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26
MEAT-s1cco A NORTH.
Yschts-Frcm $4,000 to $2o,ccc {
Month to Run-Sample Expenses


An idea Of the extravaganza of liv'
Ing in a cottage" at Newport a be
grasped from the following typical
items Of living expenses in this most
costly place in the world.
The meat bill Of a wealthy Newport
summer eolonist averages nearly one
thousand dollars a month, and has
been known to exceed two thousand
dollars. The expenses Of entertain
ment may reach fifty thousand dol
lars a season. The caterers bill al
ways runs into the thousands, says
Forrest Ha}sey in the Broadway Mag
azine, and the wine list includes cham
pagnes at ten dollars q quart and BRAN
dies at thirty dollars. Souvenirs fire.
quently consist of DIAMOND pins and
brooches, gold cigarette cases, lockets
and chains. Menu cards are prepared
by artists Of repute at exorbitant
prices, and 1t is not uncommon for a
tablecloth to cost one thousand dol
lars.
Yachts, many of which are veritable
ocean steamships costing their owners
upwards of half a million dollars, re-
qIire for maintenance sunls ranging
from FIVE thousand to twenty thousand
dollars o month. These floating pal
aces are the scenes, in the height Of
the season of lavish fetes, a single one
OF which may cost three or four thous-
and dollars. The cost Of flowers alone,
which are brought out by the boatIoad,
reaches at least one-quarter Ct this
sum,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26
BadlyMiXCd Up.

Abraham Brown OF Winterton,
N. Y, had IL very remarkable ex-
periance; he says: "Doctors got
badly mixed up over me; one
said heart diseaae; two called it
kidney trouble; the fourth, blood
poison, and the fifth stomach and
liver trouble; but none. OF them
helped me; 80 my wife adYlsed
trying Electric Bitters, which are
restoring me to perfect health.
One bottle did me more good
than al, the five doctors pre-
scrihed.' Guaranteed to cure
blood poison, weakness and al
stomach, liver and kidney com
plants, by Sam Sharp, druggist,
Saooha. soc.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26
discussing the need Of greater trans

Discussing the need Of greater trans
p~ertation facilities the New Orleans
P~icayuRe says: The interior water
routes OF this great country are but
little used today with the exception Of
the Northern lakes. The records OF
the government engineers show that
more than $4,000 vessels passed
through Detroit river during the seae
son of navigation In the year 1906,
which extended over 230 days. These
vsssela carried 65,e 800, 600 tons of
freight, valued at $3.50. 000, 900. and
made an average Of one vessel carry-
ing $500 tons passing the city of De-
troit every Is minutes. In addition to
these freight steamers ID regular first
class rassen ger steameds passed up
AID down Detroit river regularly dur
ing the year, carrying about 1900, 900
passengers
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26

The new vegetarian n,yival In Eng
land is said to be led by women mem-
bers of the nobility, we'll known coun-
~tesses, and duehesses. who expect to
popularize it by their example, relates
the Indianapolis News. Perhaps they
are counting too much on the initiative
deposition OF the common people. AS
far as the human body IL concerned.
we presume it is entirely safe to ar
que from the stomach az q countess or
duchess to that Of an ordinary per-
son, but that does Doc embrace the
whole question. The titlvd ladies may
demonstrate the feasibility of living
IN an exclusively vegetable diet, but
we believe John Bull In the mass will
adhere to roast beef.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26

The indirect effect of an understand
ing, between Russia and Great Bril-
tain, observes the New York Times,
would be to aid substantially in the re-
lief Of India from the burdens she has
in the past bsen obliged to bear. The
greater part Of the military costs in
Cured in India from apprehension of
Russian aggression have necessarily
fallen ON the Indian treasury. While
the general development of admins
tration in India has been in the direc-
ton of lower taxation. better govern
ment, better transport, grea'e r secur-
ity from famine and from disorder the
progress has not been as gceat as i
would have been had 1t not been need-
full to maintain the army at a level
dictated by the possibility Of trouble
on the northwestern frontier
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26
Not Explicit Enough.

eBut surely, you might at least have
made yourself acup of coffee,% sail
his wife, my instructions were plain
enough. | told you two spoonfuls OF
coffee and two cups of boiling water
~"
eyes" replied her husband, but
,ou didn't tell ne how to. boil the wa
er."-Philadelphia Press
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26
A Dangerous Deadlock,

that sometimes terminates fatal
Iy, is the stoppage of liver aud
bowel functions. To quickly end
this condition without disagreed.
Bile sensations. DIR. Kings New
Lite Pills should be your remedy.
Guaranteed absolutely satis'ac-
toryin every case or money back.
at Sharp's drug store. Csc.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26
THE KEEPER HERALD,
SCOOBA. MISS.
THE
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HE Thrice-a week Worlds
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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26

Cooking Is an art. asserts the New
York Journal. The work Of the cook
Is the finishing touch upon the earth's
products. The time will come, In q
society scientifically organized, when
the wretched little Individual cook
stove. with its cinders and its slavery,
vii have diesppeered. when cooking
wi be really a great profession. and
great cooks will be known, admired
and rewarded as they should be,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26

Sir James Criohten-Browne } has
hunted up a new cause for alarm at
British d~egeneracy. In his presiden-
tial address before o sanitary confer
ence at Llandudno he recently severely
criticised 'the present craze in Eng
land Tor getting thin Asceticism In
eating he denounced as the most strik-
Ing folly of the hour, and n not only
causing widespread physical debility,
but leading directly to abuse of alco-
hol and narcotics. the half-starved
votaries Of the craze seeking by the
use Of liquor and drugs to. obtain the
feeling Of well being and glow Of
health normally produced by 9 hearty.
wholesome diet
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26
SOMETHING TO READ.

The long wi lt,r evenings viii
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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-12-26

The American heiress a but note
witty sorrow that Queen Lii, at IS and
outl of a job, has bagged a 300-pound
prince, observes the Louisville Courier
Jfurpal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
Order of Publication.

STATE OF MICHIGAN.
IN the Circuit Court for The County of Shia'
wassee, in Chancery.
OSCAR LA CLEAR
vs..
MAY L. LOOP
JAMES N. MCBRIDE
WILLIS c. FOX
WILLIAM J. BEASE
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the
County OF Shiawassee in chaDcery at the City
OF Oorunna on the goth day OF March, A. d.,
1907.
In this case 1t appearing from affidavlt on
hle that the defendant, May L. Loop is not a
resident OF this state but resides at Cupevllle,
In the State OF Washington, on motion OF Kill
patrick & Pierpont, complalnapts solicitors, IT
Is ordered that the said defendant, May l..
Loop, cause her appearance TO De entered mere
In. within four months from The date OF TINS
order. and in case of her appearance that she
cause her answer to the compla1nants Dill OIL
complaint TO be filed, and copy thereon TO be
served on compliments solicitors. within M
teea days after service on her OF copy OF said
bill, and notice of this order; and that in De
fault thereof, said bill be taken as confessed by
the said nonresident defendant.
And IL is further ordered, that Wltnln twenty
DAYS the said complainant cause notice OF
this order TO be published in the Owosso Times
O newspaper printed, published and circulat-
ing in said county and that such publication De
continued therein at least once In each week,
for'six weeks In succession, or that he cause q
copy of this order to be personally served on
said non resident defendant at least twenty
days before the time above prescribed for her
SELDEN SINNER,
~ Circuit Judge.
FITZPATRICK & PIERPoNT.
Complainant's Solicitors.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
M. o. BRIBERY IN ENGLAND.
Some of the Charges Proved In the In
vestigation at West Ham.

Some Of the Charges Proved In the In
vestigation at West Ham.
Those who believe there is no graft
in English municipal government would
find instructive reading In the investi-
cation that is now in progress in West
Ham. II. e. Bond, who had the con-
tract for furnishing coal to one Of the
borough institutions, pleaded guilty to
the charge of obtaining check for
$4,000 by false pretenses in January,
1906, and attempting to obtain further
moneys three months later. He made
voluntary statement to the effect
that in connection with the manage
ment of this institution there were
widespread corruption and bribery. 1t
was brought out that the men occupy,
ing positions on the board having
charge Of the institution were persons
In small way of business, who put
themselves forward to administer thou
sands Of pounds and yet had no real
or substantial stake In the district over
which they were selected to administer
such funds" These men had all been
recipients of substantial brides. One
Of the elements of profit named was
that coal less in weight than that in
voiced was delivered, and the books
Of the institution were manipulated ac-
.orlingly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14


have won 100000 additional in bets
at the prevailing odds of 10 to 1. The
event was especially gratifying to Gro
ker and his American friends because
of the unfriendly action of the New
market racing stewards in barring his
horse from their course.
Dcuma Passes Reform Laws.
Three obnoxious laws have been re-
pealed by the Russion douma, as fol-
lows: Providing for the punishment of
persons expressing approval of po-
litical crimes, excluding from military
service persons accused of political
crimes or under suspicion and penaliz-
ing private instruction in IGfand. The
douma voted for the abolition of the
re-establishment of field courts martial
for the punishment of civilians i'm
plicated in spreading revolutionary
ideas in the army.
French Seamen's Strike of.
For several days following the 31st
Of May not ship was able to leave the
ports of France, owing to q general
strike of sailors and others belonging
to the naval reserve. The crews of
many transatlantic ships joined in the
movement and deserted their stations.
The strike was declared by the Ma
tional Seamen's union because of the
bill increasing pensions from $40 to
$72 for seamen and from $156 to 5000
for captains, this being held to be in
adequate. Even the fishermen at some
places took part in the strike. After
an interview with the minister of ma
rine at Paris on June the seamen's
leaders telegraphed to all ports calling
off the strike. 1t was said that the
minister had given assurance that the
deserters would not be prosecuted and
that the pension law would be i'm
proved.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14

Estimates 100000 Profits on Gross
Business of $3.50, 000-Job For Bondy.

Estimates 100000 Profits on Gross
Business of $550,ooo-Job For Bondy.
Joseph Bondy of Syracuse, n Y, has
suddenly shot into the limelight as a
municipal ownership authority of the
first magnitude. He figures that SYRIA
cuse by operating its own electric light
plant could make profit of $4,000 a
year after allowing $4,000 for excess
Of cost of municipal over private OPP
Grafton. AS the total electrical receipts
of the Syracuse Lighting company are
only $550,000, it is hard to see where
all the municipal profit is to come
from. But Mr.. Bondy Is sure he is
right because he has got his figures
from officials Of 101 cities that have
municipal plants, all but seven of
whom blushlngly admit that their
plants are successful. The Syracuse
Post-Standard is, however, unfeeling
enough to say:
MIR. Bondy reports that nlnetyfour
cities where municipal ownership Of the
lighting business is practiced show sue
cessful results. 1t would have been
exactly the same if he had got his re-
ports from $40 cities where municipal
ownership is practiced, the simple rea-
son being that the report is always
furnished by the mayor or the manager
of the plant, and in almost every in
stance it is to the political or financial
advantage of the mayor or manager to
say that municipal ownership is huge
success.
Its cinch. so to speak, that a man
who has run for office on q municipal
ownership platform won't be found att
erward dropping any remarks to Mr..
Bondy or any one else to show that
I the thing has turned out failure. 1t
is another cinch that the man who is
employed by the city to run munic-
ipal lighting plant will keep in mind
which side his bread is buttered on
and not make any fool remarks about
the advantages of private ownership.
There is no great difficulty about It.
Figure out your total revenues, sub
tract them from your total expenses
for the year. multiply by two and
charge the result to your general mu-
nicipal account and you can show a
profit instead of a loss without any
trouble. The method has been COM
pared to the success of the child who
made good profit out ofipoultry when
his parents provided food for the chick
ems, hired some one to take care of
them and bought the eggs.
at has been shown that electric
light plants deteriorate and become
antiquated faster than almost any 9th
err kind of municipal undertaking.
What is simpler than to disregard this
fact and give yourself credit for every
cent of value which was originally put
into the plant, refuse to let experts ex-
anime it and show paper profit to the
taxpayersY
Seriously, however, If Mr. Bondy
can make good on his figures, munich
pal ownership should give way to ma
tional ownership, and Mr.. Bondy should
be given the job Of lighting the United
States.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
SIX DOLLARS FOR NO TALK.
A Canadians Experience With Muniei
pal Telephones Abroad.

On his return from Europe recently
Rodolphe Forget, a member of the
Canadian parliament, was asked by q
representative of the Montreal Star to
give his opinion of municipal owner
ship in the European cities he had Wis
tied. His reply was:
1T is awful. The telephone system
is an illustration. A friend of mine
called me up from Brussels while !
was In Paris. That is about the same
as calling up man in Ottawa. speak
ing from Montreal. He left call for
me for 6:30 p. m. l went to the phone.
and they said that he had just left.
1t was only matter Of few min.
utes. They charged me IS francs for
having been called up. did not
speak to my man, and when he arrived
in Paris later on learned that he, too,
had been charged Is francs. wonder
If they would stand this sort Of thing
on this side Of the water. ! do not
think so.
ut takes about twenty-five minutes
to get connection, so that IL you are
within ten or fifteen minutes drive
1t is better to jump in cab and go
and see your man personally. That tx
no Joke"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
Private Supply Lessons Cost.

The municipal electric light plant of
Grand Rapids. Mich, which has been
in operation since 1890, has been held
up as an example of successful mu.
nicipal operation. 1t was therefore q
great surprise when in detailed re-
port TO the board of public works Sam
uel A. Freshney, the general manager
Of the plant advised that the general
ing plant be shut down and that cur
rent he purchased from private com
pany, rs the city would save thereby
30 per cent of the generating cost.
amounting to more than $4,000 per an
mum. The board of public works
promptly adopted Mr.. Freshney's re-
port and recommended to the city
council that contract with private
company be entered into. The council
is, however, holding the matter in
allegiance until the company secures n
franchise
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
C0MPANY'S SERVICE BETTE.2
Instructive Comparison of ,Chattanoo-
gas Waterworks With Atanta's.


gas Waterworks With AtIanta's.
A very interesting comparison of the
municipal waterworks Of Atlanta; Ga,
and the private waterworks of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, appeared in recent Is
sue of the Chattanooga News.
AS the two cities are approximately
the same size, the comparison is a very
fair one. During 1906 the city of At
lanta was charged $171, 740 for the wa
ter supplied for city purposes-hy-
drants, flushing the sewers, public
buildings, etc. After deducting the city
taxes paid by the Chattanooga Water
company the cost to the city of Chatta-
nooga for all public uses was $3730.
Moreover, the Chattanooga Water com
pany paid $9,793 in state and county
taxes which of course reduced by so
much the amount of state and county
taxes paid by the taxpayers of Chatta-
noOga. 1t is therefore fair to say that
the city of Chattanooga got its public
supply for nothing and received a boz
nus from the company of $G,063, max
ing q difference in favor Of private
service of $f17,S03.
While the rates to private consumers
In Atlanta are apparently less than
those in Chattanooga, careful analy-
sis of the different rates shows that
they are practically the same. On the
other hand, all water served in Chatta-
nooga is filtered, while the Atlanta
plant is so inadequate that on several
occasions recently unfiltered water has
had to be pumped into the city mains.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
DECIDE YOURSELF.
Tho Opportunity 10 Here. Backed by
Owosso Testimony.

INC opportunity 10 mere. oackoo py
Owosso Testimony.
Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend .on strangers state
ment
Read Owosso endorsement.
Read the statement of Owosso citiz-
ems
And decide for yourself
Here is one case of il:
William Mccarthy, Carpenter, living
at SOB W. Main ST., Owosso, Mich,
says: Kidney complaint has annoyed
me off and on for a number Of years,
the most annoying symptom being
sharp pain directly over the kidneys.
At times, 1t was SO severe that I was
unable to rise from a chair without
assistance, Ny kidneys became very
week and there was a constant desire
to pass the secretions and when pass
ages were made the flow would be very
scanty. read of many cases of kidney
trouble that had been cured by Doan's
Kidney Pills, and so l decided to, pro-
cure box and from the wonderful re-
lief that received, can conscientious
ly recommend this remedy to suffers
from the same trouble"
For Sale by all Dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
plsrt worn Out In Greenfield. Ind.

The committee appointed by the city
rouncil to investigate the condition OF
The municipal light plant reports that
the engines. machinery and equipment
are worn out: that the capacity of the
plant is inadequate. The city wishes
to erect a new $4,000 plant. but can
not secure the money by the sale of
bonds because of having already reach
ed the debt limit. The city council pro-
poses to ask for bids upon the part of
manufacturers Of electric light ma
chlnery to install plant, the city MAX
Ing an advance payment and permit.
ting the plant to work out Its own in
dehtedress --FlaotricaI World
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-14
ECAL-CRIMINAL
The Case Against Haywood.

A jury Of twelve men to try William
D. Haywood on the charge Of plotting
the murder of former Governor Steu-
nenberg of Idaho was completed at
Boise, and the indictment was read
The defense had used all of its chal-
lenges, and in a formal statement to
the press Messrs. barrow and Rich
ardson called attention to the fact that
the jury was made up Of seven Repub-
licans, four Democrats and one Prohi-
bitionist, that all but one had been
farmers and that none of the jury Had
ever belonged to labor organization,
except one, or who now works for
wages. They say, further, that the
jury is made up Of class to which
none of the defendants has ever be-
longed and that they are drawn from