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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
New York's New Aqueduct.

In 1880 ten million New Workers.
will have to be supplied with water,
and when plans now under way are
completed, New York city will have
the water system adequate to the
needs of that city Of ten millions.
1t will be pure, wholesome. filtered
water, available to the total Of a bill
hon gallons a day. It Is to come
from the streams of the Catsk1lls, and
1t will cost New York a total of $751;
900, 900, almost as great a figure as
the United States is paying for the
Panama canal.
Never in the history of the world
has any water supply approached in
magnitude this Catskill undertaking.
The mammoth Ashokan reservoir, the
greatest of all ages or countries of
the earth, will occupy the whole val
ley of the Esopus River, causing the
5000 residents of this present calm
and peaceful section to seck new
homes. Eight great dams and bikes
will hold back the water In the reser-
voir. An aqueduct, as large as the
New York Subway tunnel. will carry
the water e~ighty-two miles to New
York, coming under the Hudson Riv-
er to the form of a gigantic siphon,
the largest ever built, and, indeed,
the only siphon of its kind in exist
ence.-New Broadway Magazine.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
A Foot of Size.

A young man wrote to a New York
dealer in sporting goods for a pair
of steel-skanked, ball-bearing roller
skates, mentioning the length Of his
foot was thirteen inches. This ap-
peared to be so extraordinary that 1t
provoked comment among the en-
ployes in the store, and there was a
general measuring of feet. The long
est was liz inches. And the tallest
man in the crowd was 5 feet 10h
inches. Some scientists have said
that to be in perfect proportion the
length of a mans foot should be ex-
actly Is per cent. of his full stature.
Let's see. Take a six-foot man-that
means 70 inches; according to this
formula his foot should be 1913 inches
long. Our young friend proved to
be 6 feet 2 inches tall, or IA inchesr
Fifteen per cent. of this would give
him a foot Ill inches long.
Give me the man of the big foot
and big ear. An understood foot in
dictates a finical disposition. An I'M
dersized ear is a positive sign of sell
flshness. Generous men of broad in
tellect and liberality have more than
Is per cent of foot and ears.-New
York Press.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
w A R
tion.

When going to look at a horse OF
fered for sale, it is well to keep eyes
open for signs that will indicate his
disposition and other practical quail
ties. Thus battered places on the
posts or sides of the stall may sug-
gest a kicker. Torn or gnaWed blank
cts hint that the horse has vicious
habits in this direction and possibly
bad digestion, as unnatural habits OF
eating usually Indicate something
wrong with the digestive apparatus.
If the horse fails Ito stand squarely
on both forefeet, one of the feet may
be tender or defective. When the
horse is moved out of the stall his
gait may indicate the condition of his
legs and feet. In pulling on the har-
ness something may be judged from
the way he takes the bit, bride III
crupper. The feet should be exam
ined with especial care. Hoofs should
be plump aud well rounded, not pinch
ed at the heel, not too fat. Heels
should be high and strong without
spring. Silky hair on the feet and
legs indicates strong, ffinty bone, but
coarse hair suggests coarse, brittle
bone.-F. w. E., in the American Cui-
tivator.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
The Busy Bee.

Wbar you eat a spoonful of honey
you have very little notion as to the
amount of work and travel necessary
to produce it. To make one pound Of
clover honey bees must deprive g.
OGO clover blossoms of their nectar,
and to do this requires 2,750, 900 WIS.,
its to the blossoms by the bees.
In other words, one bee, to collect
enough nectar to make n pound of
honey must so from hive to flower
and back 2,750, 900 times. Then when
you think how far these bees some
times fly in search of these clover
fields. oftener than not one or two
miles from the hive, you will begin
to get a small idea of the number of
miles one Of the industrious little crea-
lures must travel in order that you
may have the pound of honey that
gives them so much trouble.
1t may also help you to understand
why the bee is unamiable enough to
sting you If you get in its way. When
one has to work so hard to accom-
plish SO little, it is quite irritating to
be interfered with.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
FARM LANDS GOING UP.

Farm lands in the United States
have risen in value more than thirty
eight per cent. since 1900, says the
New York Sun. This is the average
rise for the whole country. In the
South Central States the increase has
been forty per cent, in the Western
States forty per cent, in the South
Atlantic States thirteen per cent. Cot
ton land showed the greatest increase,
amounting to forty-eight per cent. Hay
and grain land advanced thirty-five
per cent, and stock farms thirty-four
per cent. The department of Agri-
culture gives the following reasons
for the increase: Rural free delivery,
electric railways and good roads. The
movement of t~ownspeople to the coun-
try. The pressure of population and
the scarcity of free land. Better and
cheaper transportation and market IA
~cilities. Better cultural methods, re-
sulting in improvement of the soil it.
self, by draining, fencing and better
fertilization.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
American Slang In Rome.

The universal spread Of American
slang is amazing, and the globe trot-
ter meets with it in the most unex-
pected places. Last October two
Americans wandering about the Plaz-
"a d'Espagna, in Rome, were accost-
ed by one Of the innumerable small
boys whowsell postal card pictures of
the Holy City. He held ont a sheaf
of postal cards and offered them for
sale, stating the price in italian. The
Americans did not care to buy, and,
like his guild the continent over, he
followed them, and became a bit Of
a nuisance. But he was such a merry
eyed little chap they had not the
heart to speak harshly to him. At last
however they felt obliged to say mo"
rather decidedly. It was then that
he surprised them and gave them a
queer little pull at their American
heartstrings by saying, his black eyes
swapping with fun and the magnitude
of the achievement. "Skeedo! Skee-
do! Twanty-thr-r-r-ree!" Then he
vanished with a burst of laughter
New York Times.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
ATTRACTED BY OUR PROSPERITY
Tidal Wave of immigration Landing
Many Farm Hands Here.

Many Farm Hands Here.
On Thursday more than twenty
thousand immigrants arrived in New
York City. That is a greater number
of aliens than ever came to America
before in a day. One ship alone
brought 2,734.
These thousands of foreigners over
taxed the capacity Of Ellis Island,
which can handle five thousand immi-
grants in a day.
What is significant in this tidal
wave Of immigration is that it is
landing On American shores many
farm hands from Europe. They are
described as sturdy and eager for
work. Few are being turned back
by the officials.
Europe has heard the roa of Amer
lean industry, and foreigners through
out this country sharing in the gen
eral prosperity are telling the good
news by letter ITO their friends and
relatives in the Old World. The I'M
usual volume of immigration is the
result.
So long as the character of the new
arrivals gives promise that they will
become desirable citizens the extra
ordinary influx need excite NO alarm.
That the majority of the Italians, for
example, belong to a good class Is
disclosed in a ~cablegram from Rome
this week giving the provisions of a
bill which the Government has sub
mitted to the Italian Parliament de-
signed to check emigration from that
country. Natives may emigrate only
On ships authorized by the Govern.
ment, and the authorities there may
stop the departure Of any ~emigrants
whose going might be damaging to
ia Industrial Italy.
The fact is that labor is in demand
in many parts of the world at present.
Brazil and other South American re-
publics are offering land and agri-
cultural implements to immigrants.
Our Gulf States are alert for alien
labor.
In the West prosperous farmers last
year toured the plains in automobiles
looking for farm hands. In Germany
soldiers On furlough were pressed in
to farm work when they visited their
homes.
The stories of the prosperity of this
continent which are attracting Eu-
ropeans by the thousands daily and
causing an aggregate arrival of more
than a million a year are not exag-
gerated. The grain receipts at if
teen interior cities during March
amounted to over q 100000 bushels,
compared with 54,0O0,0o0 bushels in
March of 1906. The building opera
tions in fftyt1ve leading cities in
March represented a value of over
$54,0 900. Thhrty-two car service
associations in March handled nearly
5000, 900 freight cars.
On every hand there is prosperity
in every form. New arrivals in this
country, provided they can stand the
official test at Ellis Island, will con
tribute to the advancement of our in
dustrial welfare.-New York Ameri-
can.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA.
Covered With Yellow Sores-Grew
Worse-Parents Discouraged
Cuticura Drove Sores Away.

"Our little girl, one year and a half old,
was taken with eczema or that was what
the doctor said it was. We took her to
three doctors, but by this time she was
nothing but a yellow, greenish sore. One
morning we discovered a little yellow PIN
pie on one of her eyes. Doctor No. 3 said
that we had better take her to some eye
specialist, since it was an ulcer. So we
went to Oswego to doctor No. a, and he
said the eyesight was gone. We were near
ly discouraged, but thought we would try
the Cuticura Treatment, so l purchased a
set of Cuticura Remedies, which cost me
81, and in three days our daughter, who
had been sick about eight months, showed
great improvement, and in one week all
sores had disappeared. OF course it could
not restore the eyesight, but if we had used
Cuticura in time, we are confident it would
have saved the eye. Mrs. Frank Abbott,
R. F. D; No. 9, Fulton, Oswego Co, N. r.
August II, 1906"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
HOW ENGLAND IN SHRINKING.
Every Year the ocean Takes Tow
From 1.-THE Tight Little Isle.

England does not lcok as large 70
Americans of today as 1t did TO our
great .grandfathers, nor us the reason
all to be found in historical perspec'
tive. AS a matter OF fact, England
is really much smaller than 1t was
in their day, because 1T has lost onous'
lands of acres by marine erosion.
Every year the ocean takes heavy
toll from "the tight little island"
1t lis a long time since Rayenspur
was a name of meaning eve to Eng
lishmen. yet i'm 1899 Rayenspur was a
large and prominent city, more I'M
portant than the city of Hull is TO-
day. Henry Nv. landed there IN that
year. as Shakespeare notes. The city
sent two men to Parliament; but K
many other towns in that part OF
Yorkshire, lit long ago vanished under
the sea.
In the reign of Edward j, says a
writer in the New York Sun, Corn
wall measured fifteen hunrred THUS
and acres. Today just half OF that -
left. the rest washed away by the sea.
1t is said that between Lands End
and THE Scilly Islands lie one humid
red and forty parish churches and
villages. A line of anchorage off Sci
sey in Sussex is still called by sailors
'The Park" 1t won it's name IN
Henry Wills reign, when it was a
deer park, famous for its stays.
Dunwich, the ancient capital of East
Anglia, furnished forty ships to Henry
ILL.,, and was so powerful as to appall
the Earl of Leicester. A forest lay
between the city and the sea, but IN
Edward IT'S reign the sea engulfed
four hundred of Its houses. In 1877
combers washed in the market-place,
and in 100 the great church of st.
Peters collapsed into the sea-.
More recently, In a single night,
three hundred Thousand dollars worth
OF damage was done In the Kentish
town of Margate. Within the last de-
cade Sussex has lost three hundred
and seventy-four acres to the sea, and
other counties in proportion.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are spent every year by the coast
cities maintaining seawalls and coast
defenses, but every year come storms
which tear these ramparts to pieces.
In a single night hundreds of feet OF
granite wall will be torn away, the
massive blocks rolled out to e or
thrown higher on the land, and gaps
in the wall of defense established.
Trains of supplies are kept at proper
points to aid in repairing such
breaches.
A royal commission on coast ero-
sion has been appointed to study this
whole matter of invasion by the sea,
and to propose measures Of more eff.
fective defense.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
O u o WET LAND.

The exceedingly late spring and the
frequent heavy rains have so thrown.
farmers back in their work that they
are in danger of making the mistake
of blowing their lands while too wet.
Sometimes a farmer who is prudent
and wise in most things seems to lose
the W of restraining himself and
hurries his plows into his land when
it is altogether too wet. Land SO
plowed will be injured for the entire
season. Better wait a day or two
longer and stay a bit behind in such
bad condition by blowing it while it
is too wet. While almost every man
who works on a farm knows this.
many will disregard it and forget that
they did disregard it, and then will
wonder at the end of the season why
the crop was not better.-Scotland
Neck Commonwealth.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
THE OLD MOVING LAND.

Il O1[D W
One of our most serious problems
is the best treatment to give to ola
fields and pastures which have Iof
years been producing more or less
grass, usually less, and where conal-
tion9 at the present time are no sat.
isfactory. If these lands can possibly
be put under tillage for a year or TWO,
there is no other treatment winch
would prove of greater beneht. Inc
soil is packed and needs ventilation
and the plant food which it contains
has become inert, and it needs the re-
yiying influence of sunlight n air
to sweeten it and bring it into proper
| condition again.
But many of our New England helos
are so rocky and rough that to bring
them under tillage cannot be conSld-
cred. There are a few things which
can be done. even under these condl-
eions. A test should be made to de-
termine If the soil is acid. This test
is very simple and consists in press
ing a bit of blue litmus paper against
the moist soil, being careful not TO
press the fingers against the paper.
If the paper turns red, it indicates
that the soil is acid. Such soil should
receive a topdressing of lime; about
forty bushels per acre, distributed
evenly over the soil, either in the fall
OR early spring, will tend to remove
these acid cond.tions.-Prof. L. A:
Clinton. Connecticut Experiment Sta
ton.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
MEAT OR CEREALS
A Question of Interest to All Careful
Persons.

! Arguments on food are interest
ing. Many persons adopt a vegetar-
ian diet on the ground that they do
not like to feel that life has been
taken to feed them, nor do they
fancy the thought of eating dead
meat.
On the other hand, too great con-
sumption of partly cooked, starchy
oats and wheat or white bread,
pastry, etc., produces serious bowel
troubles, because the bowel digestive
organs, (where starch is digested),
are overtaxed and the food ferments,
producing gas, and microbes gener-
ate in the decayed food, frequently
bringing on peritonitis and Appendix
citis.
Starchy food is absolutely essen
tial to the human body. Its best
form is shown in the food Grape
Nuts" where the starch is changed
into a form of sugar during the pro-
cess Of it's manufacture. In this
way, the required food is presented
to the system in a pre-digested form
and is Immediately made into blood
and tissue, without taxing the diges-
tive organs.
A remarkable result in nourish-
ment is obtained; the person using
Grape-Nuts gains quickly in physical
and mental strength. Why in men
tai? Because the food contains deli
icate particles of Phosphate of Pot
ash obtained from the grains, and
this unites with the albumen of all
food and the combination is what
nature uses to rebuild worn out cells
IN the brain. This is a scientific fact
hat can be easily proven by ten
lays use of Grape-Nuts. There's
a Reason" Read sThe Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25

is eggs and eggs alone you are AMER,
then get one of the breeds in the Med
iterranean class-Leghorns, Minorcas,
Hamburgs, or Spanish.
Study your market demand, study
your environments and natural choice;
then procure the breed that will best
supply your conclusions drawn from
the above.
Don't think for a minute that you
can't make a success of p%ure-bred
fowls, because they are no more DIFF
f1cult to handle than scrubs, providing
you handle the latter correctly also
Epitomist.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
GAPES.

This common and destructive dis
ease OF chickens is due to the pres.
ence in the windpipe of the gapeworm.
These worms" states a report re-
ceived by the Department of Agricult-
ure from the Kentucky Experiment
Station, "obstrlct the passage of air
to and from the lungs and thus occa-
sion the characteristic gasping move
ments of the suffering chicks.
at has been found" continues the
report, ''that the commonly recon-
mended practice of introducing into
the trachea a partly stripped feather,
or a bluegrass top, and by a twisting
motion dislodging and removing n
worms, does not seem to be practical
BILE for very young chicks. The ira
chea is so very small and so easily
injured that 1t is impossible to DIS
lodge and remove all of the worms by
such means. Chicks generally re-
cover without treatment when they are
attacked after half grown, n hence
fowls that might from their size be
treated successfully with a feather 40
not require treatment of any sort. IL
is the very young chicks that suifer
most. and the only remedial treat
ment in their ease that seems to be
successful is rubbing the neck from
time to time with lard or vasellne'
thoroughly mixed with a little turpeh-
tine (three parts of the lard or vase
line to one part of turpentine). Ihls
treatment should begin before the ols.
ease has made it's appearance. 1t VIII
not helm a chick in the last stages Oh
the disease. Pure t~urpentine will very
quickly kill a chick when rubbed oh
the neck over the trachea."
Commenting on this report, an OIL
fetal of the department stated that a
French scientist asserts that the use
of pounded garlic with the usual 1000
Zone garlic bulb to ten bras oaly)'
supplemented by specia1care IN lne
use of only pure water, which Is
changed several times a day, has been
found to completely eradicate gapes
from pheasants.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
MISS HULDA kUGHLER

There is a beauty and attractive
ness in health which is far greater
than mere regularity of feature.
A sickly, irritable, and complaining
woman always carries a cloud of
depression with her; she is not only
unhappy herself but is a damper to
all JOY and happiness when with her
family and friends.
1t is the bright, healthy, vivacious
woman who always charms andcarrles
sunshine wherever she goes.
If a woman finds that her energies
are tagging and that everything tires
her; if her feminine system fails to
perform it's allotted duties, there is
nervousness, sleeplessness, faintness,
backache, headache, bearing down
pains, and Irregularities, causing
constant misery and m~elancholla,
she should remember that Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made from native roots andherbs will
dispel all these troubles. By correct
ing the cause of the trouble it cures
where other treatment may have
failed.
Miss Elizabeth Wynn, of No. 2o5
sth Avenue, New York City, writes {:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"For months I suffered with dreadful
headaches, pain in the back and severe
hemorrhages. l was weak and out of sorts
all the time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound helped me when all other medi-
cine had failed. 1t seemed to be just what
NEEDED and quickly restored my health"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
THE BEST BREED.

AS a matter of fact, there is no
such thing rs a best breed. At the
same time, there may be some breed
that for your individual case would
be superior to others.
For instance, If you wish a general
purpose fowl one of the varieties of
the Plymouth Rocks, W~yandottes, or
Rhode Island Reds, would probably
be the best Tor your purpose. II It
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
Jefferson's Interest In Vaccination

JeTTeFsOHS IHtSTSSI TIT VdCCIIdtTOHs
Il have heard my pa tell" said the
Oldest ~inhabitant, that the first case
of vaccination for the prevention OF
smallpox which occurred In the Dis
trict of Columbia was in the year
1901, and the subject was a member
of Thomas Jefferson's household. Mr..
Jefferson was deeply interested in
the theory of vaccination. and had SO
much confidence in lit that he vas
willing to have 1t tried ON one Of his
household. August 6, 1901, vas the
date, and there wtas a great deal of
talk about it at the time. "-Washing-
ton Star.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
HIM

Ascum: did Shea actually ask old
RoxIey for his daughters hand?'
Wise: Eyes, and he claims he COM
PEELED the old man to toe the mark
Ascum: "You don't say?"
Wise: Eyes, but he was the mark
The Catholic Standard and Times.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
H PARTY LIME

Hubby: "Why didn't you come to
the door and let me in?"
Wife: II couldn't, George. Our
neighbor vas talking to somebody and
l was at the 'phone.'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
A SLOW READER.

Mr.. Hiram Often: II thought the
door bell rang a few minutes ago"
Mrs. Hiram Often: $50 it did, and
Bridget answered it."
Mr.. Hiram Often: But what's keep
ing her SO long?'
Mrs. Hiram Often: "a postal card.
probably. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
THE RuSE.

How was it DR.. Knowit got such
a big fee from Talkative?"
Because when he was called to at
tend to Mrs. Talkative for a slight
nervous trouble he told her she had
VI acute inflammatory verbosity."
"Well?"
"And recommended absolute quiet
as the only means of averting parox-
ysms of caeaoethes loquendi. Shes
scared dumb."-Baltimore American.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
The Anti T

The Doukhobors are growing in
wealth from wheat farming and rail-
way work. If this does not modify
their views on the fundamental prin-
ciples of righteousness and duty they
will be indeed different from common
humanity.-Toronto Globe.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
Childran's Eyes

Get watery, sore and inflamed. Leonardi's
Golden Eye Lotion cures them without pain
in one day. 1t strengthens weak ,overworked
eyes. Cooling, healing, invigorating. In
sist on having "Leonardi's." 1t makes
strong eyes. Guaranteed or money re-
funded. Druggists sell it at rs cts. or for
warded prepaid on receipt Of price by s. B.
Leonardo & Co., Tampa, Fla.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women.

Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the
symptoms given, the trouble may be
located and the quickest and surest
way of recovery advised. Out of her
vast volume of experience in treating
female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will
help your case. Her advice is free
and always helpful.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25
rlEVIsED.

"Jane," asked Mrs. Hiram onen'
fare the eggs boiling?"
Most assuredly not, madam" re-
piled the new servant, lately from
Boston. "but 1 may safely say the
water in which the eggs are immersed
is"-Philadelphia Press.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-07-25

THE ABSENT-MINDBD PROFESSOR
Hostess: "Oh, professor, haven't
you brought your wife?'
Professor: There! l knew I'd for
gotten something!"-Puck