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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17
The Tie Crop of the Future.


The Pennsylvania Railroad proposes
to plant trees Systematically to furn-
ish a cross-tie supply in future years.
This follows five years experimental
ton along this line. In this time l.
500, 900 trees have been planted on
land owned by the company. An
area of 681 acres near Altoona, Pa,
will in the springs of 1907, and 1908
be planted with chestnut and red oak
seedlings. The railroads of the coun-
try are using about 1000 900 o
ties each year, of which the Pennsyl-
yania uses about $500, 900. This great
demand had denuded the forests SO
rapidly that ties are now selling at
seventy cents each.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17

the blood. -
But If the powers of digestion are
weakened, a part of the starchy food
will lie in the warmth and moisture
of the body and decay, generating
gases and irritating the mucous sur
faces until under such conditions the
whole lower part of the alimentary
canal, including the colon and the
appendix, becomes involved. Disease
sets up and at times takes the form
known as appendicitis.
When the symptoms of the trouble
make their appearance, would 1t not
be good, practical, common sense, to
discontinue the starchy food which is
causing the trouble and take a food
in which the starch has been trans
formed into a form of sugar in the
process of manufacture?
This is identically the same form
of sugar found in the human body
after starch has been perfectly di-
gested.
Now, human food is made up very
largely of starch and is required BY
Iu0 UOQy =lOA CHCI6y anu Wal
Naturally. therefore, its s should
be continued, If possible, and for the
reasons given above it is made posi-
BILE in the manufacture of Grape
Nuts.
In connection with this change of
food to bring relief from physical
disturbances, we have suggested
washing out the intestines to get rid
of the immediate cause of the dis
turbance.
Naturally, there are cases where
the disease has lain dormant and the
abuse continued too long. until ap-
~parently only the knife will avail.
But it is a well-established fact
among the best physicians who are
acquainted with the details above re-
cited, that preventative measures are
far and away the best.
Are we to be condemned for sug-
costing a way to prevent disease by
following natural methods and for
perfecting a food that contains no
medicine" and produces no medic
inal effects" but which has guided lit
orally thousands of persons from
sickness to health? We have received
during the years past upwards of 25.-
600 letters from people who have
been either helped or made entirely
well by following our suggestions,
and they are simple.
II coffee disagrees and causes any
OF the ailments common to some
coffee users quit it and take on
| Postum.
II white bread. potatoes. rice and
other starch foods make trouble, quit
and use Grape-Nuts food which is
largely predigested and will digest.
nourish and strengthen, when other
forms Of food do not. It's Just plain
.old common sense.
aThere's a Reason" for Postum and
pGrape-Nuts.
Postum Cereal Coz Ltd.
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tween Golfers Weekly and Tue Iso
ligious Press of the Country and 9TH
ers, including ourselves. Also re-
garding suits for libel brought by
Golfers against us for commenting
upon its methods.
These are his sentiments, with
some very emphatic words left out.
".The religious Press owes you a
debt of gratitude for your courage In
showing up Golfers Weekly as the
sYell-Oh Man." Would you care to
use the inclosed article on the Boo
Hoo Baby" as the "Yell-Oh Mans"
successor"
"A contemporary remarks that Col
lier's has finally run against a solid
hickory rPost" and been damaged in
its own estimation to the tune of
$750,000.0 90"
Here is a publication which has,
In utmost disregard of the facts,
spread broadcast damaging state
ments about the Religious Press and
others and has suffered those false
statements to go uncontradicted. un-
til, not satisfied after finding the Re-
ligious Press too quiet, and peaceful,
to resent the insults, it makes the
mistake of wandering into a fresh
field and butts its ratified head
against this Post and all the World
laughs. Even Christians smile, az
the Post suddenly turns and givef
it back a dose of it's own medicine"
at Is a mistake to say all the
World laughs. No CHEEKY lau&h
comes from Golfers, but it cries AID
boo hoos like a spanked baby ahd
wants s75O.000.00 to soothe its ten
der, lacerated feelings
Thank Heaven 1t has at lust
struck a man with back bone
enough to call a spade a spade" aud
who believes in telling the whole
truth without fear or favor"
Perhaps Golfers with its .utmos.
disregard for the facts" may say no
such letter exists. Nevertheless. 1t Is
on file in our Office and is only n of
a mass of letters and other data.
newspaper comments. etc., denounc-
ing the yellow" methods of Golfers.
This volume is SO large that a man
could not well go thru it under half
q days steady work. The letters
come from various parts of America.
Usually a private controversy is
not interesting to the public. but this
is a public controversy.
Golfers has been using the @yel-
low" methods to attract attention to
itself, but, jumping in the air, crack
ing heels together and yelling Look
at me" wouldn't suffice, so 1t started
out on a "Holier Than Thou" attack
on the Religious Press and on medi-
cines.
We leave It to the public now, as
we did when we first resented Col
Tiers attacks, to say whether, In a
craving for sensation and circulation
it's attacks do not amount to a avs
tematic mercenary bounding We
likewise leave it to the public to say
whether Golfers, by its own policy
and methods. has not madee itself
EAEN
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Out of Names.

A lady in a small Alabama town
had occasion to call at the cabin OF
her washerwoman, Aunt Betsy. While
waiting for the article she sought to
be found she observed a woolly head
which appeared from under the edge
Of the bed, and asked, us that n OF
your children, Aunt Betsy"
Deed an tits, honey" was the
reply.
What is his name?"
dat chile amt got no name yet,
Miss Rosa" Aunt Betsy said.
why, it must be five or six years
old; surely it ought to have a name at
that age" the lady said.
Aunt Betsy nodded.
dat done worried me a whole lot,
honey, hit sho' has," she said, "but
whut ali gwine do? My ole man, he
done used up all de good names on
de dawgs, an now dat chile he halter
wait till one of dem die, so he can git
his me."-Concord Times.
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in the STOMACH,

In the suUmdCn,
comprehension.
"You shall remain alone, and be
contented! Leprina-" She in
t%errupted herself, and, suddenly turn
ing round with an altered counte-
nance, calculated square in his face:
"You plowboy!" and walked away
with her face in her apron.
Malta stood somewhat amazed,
but presently sat down once more,
content not to understand anything
further. A breeze stole in at the
window and caressed his cheeks; and,
little by little, Leprina, Mama, frying
pans and dried sausages began to
dance in a circle before him, till he
ended by playing the bass fiddle for
the ball himself! Something like two
hands clasping his head and two lips
pressing close against his forehead
caused him to give a start. and burst
into laughter. What things dreams
are now and then! Why he could
have sworn that it was Mama!
Mamma reappeared.
Don't go away" she urged.
"Why not?"
Because tell you not to CO."
Mamma laughed, Malta did like
wise, and caught her hands in his.
She let him have his way, while on
his breast sank the head that put
Malta in mind of the tassels of corn.
mo, Mamma. I must 60. If l have
behaved badly to you. forgive me-"
She snatched her hands away. an
swering dryly: mol" and walked
across the kitchen.
He was breathiess with impotence
to be off. Leprina was waiting for
him. She had promised to go with
him when he was free, even to the
ends of the earth.
He was satisfied with less.
4Leprina, dear L~eprina," said he.
II will lead you up to my home and
we'll live like princes of the church.
You shall attend to the cow, and /
will work as Of old. You shall see
how Gianna, V~enanzia, Galletta di
Memo and Secca di Mestolo will be
eaten up with bile. Leprina, won't
you answer me?"
Leprina bent her head still further.
She was ready to burst with laughter;
sic attend to the COW? She the wife
of that block Of flesh? Mother Eve
deliver her!
They were in the Via Montebello.
In the distance the tall acacias of the
Cascine made n open ones mouth,
to breathe with all ones lungs, while
from the Fosso Macinante rose the ex-
halations from the stagnant water
and sun-fermenteG mud.
Leprina looked at the beautiful
earrings that Malta had bought for
her with a little pile of money hoard
ed for a different and nobler purpose
when he was still thinking about
his old mother.
Malta carried his bundle Of clothes
to a mean room in the Via Nova.
where Leprina had promised to meet
him again.
He now awaited her there, striding
up and down, and, in fancy, fondling
ibs slender little figure. whose like
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17
a~Shocking!" Said Polly.

"A few weeks ago a servant was en-.
gagged polishing brasswork near Pol
ly's cage, and the bird Immediately
started talking to her.
Hullo, Poilyt What do you want?
What's the matter with you? Are
you quite we'll? Do you feel cold?
Where have you been?" and much
more.
Eliciting nc reply she shouted out:
s"Why don't you talk" and drew the
retort from the woman: Because I
am too busy. Polly"
Polly replied: How shocking!'-
Correspondence London Spectator.
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and his eyes
thinking of the t%hreshing floor, the
farmhouse and the COW.
What ails your" asked Mamma.
He raised his head and saw the tall
blonde standing right in front of
him, with those big, staring, whitish
eyes and those dangling arms of hers.
Nothing" replied he, and he put
out his hands. But there re-echoed
the thwack of a solemnly admins
tered cuff.
During the fortnight that their
masters were away Malta and Mama
did nothing but chase each other
round the garden walks, and folks
outside, hearing the shrieks and the
laughter, poked their noses through
the bars of the railing. The merry
time lasted for a while and then sud-
denly ceased. Malta tarried in re-
turning with his purchases, and,
when he did come back his hat was
crooked and he displayed a red face.
One morning he forgot the potatoes,
another the fish and a third saw him
appear with the basket empty. Nan
ma flew into a fiery fit.
why don't you behave yourself!
You ugly plowboy, you; you can't do
anything right"
Hush, Mammal" cried Malta,
scratching his pate.
mo, no! you ugly plowboy!" she
persisted. bad luck to them that
fno1z unY1 mo fr0ra Tho oo- vO.,yr1
only fit for the COW! You ought to
have married the GOVT"
Malta tugged at his hair, and con-
tinued to scratch his pate.
II wouldn't have married the cow;
no, not II" he retorted. "But I liked
her much Better than YOU"
Nanna's whitish eyes glared at him,
and a chair came flying his way.
But let is not tarry in saying that
a poem vas stirring in Matthias
breast.
One morning when Ciuffo threw a
chunk of meat into his basket, Malta
drew back and the meat dropped on
the ground. Leprina's eyes had
turned his head, and from that day
he dreamed only of Leprina, thought
only of Leprina, and ate with Le-
prina's face in every spoonful of broth
and every forkful of meat.
For two Or three mornings the
two exchanged a laugh, and there
was an end. But afterwards they got
to talking together, talking fast and
freely, with the wanted pauses, and
making of sleeps eyes.
81 like you," said Malta one day,
looking into his basket.
She gave him a pinch, and laughed
long and merrily.
Why, what are you spooning
over?" Mamma blurted out one even
ing, planting herself squarely in front
of Malta, who had assumed a mys-
terious air, and was gazing at the
moon through the easement. He
gave a start. He was thinking of
Leprina. but beheld only Mamma.
II know" she went on, while he
held his peace, Il know, you ugly
plowboy.p
Mamma, be STILL"
4No, no, no! You are just tRks1
in love. like any tils."
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had never been seen at Maona among

had never been seen at Maona among
the hills.
When he had been obliged to part
from her at the street corner, he had
sighed with SUFFICIENT force to have
extinguished a street lamp, had one
been lighted; and he had scratched
his NOODLE, and given most anguish
ing looks. The gravity of the step
he was about to take now impressed
him fully. Not Nanna's wild-eyed
face, warnings and threats, nor his
employers orders to return at once
to Maona. nor his own secret misgiv-
ings, could avail to restrain him, for
Leprina had promised to go to the
ends of the earth with him.
until later!" he had exclaimed,
while Leprina had answered "Good-
by" and walked off, with her eyes
fastened on the gold pendants.
Malta, when a certain hour had
come, fixed his eyes on his old silver
watch, and, as the outer atmosphere
gradually darkened. his c~ountenance
| became white with emotion. Then,
just the reverse occurred, for, as the
| sky lightened towards morning again.
| his face grew more gloomy, until the
| broad daylight found him as dusky
| as a cuckoo. He had a crick in his
neck from constant watching out of
the window, an empty stomach,
parched lips, and hair all tousled
from the manifold scratchings that he
had given his head. Hitherto he had
never learned how to swear, but dur
| ing this night he discovered a collec-
ton of original oaths. Rest he could
not think of, and uttering a curse,
he sailed from the house.
Away, away, he sped through the
| streets, like a mailman. High and
low did he search, wherever there
was a chance of meeting Leprina and
| iinging in her face the fury that de-
voured him.
"Can it be p~ossible?" cried he.
after so many promises!"
When evening was again come, ut
terly exhausted, with his tongue pro-
truding from his mouth, he reascend-
| ed to the room that had been an in
ferno instead of a paradise. No news
of Leprina. Not a soul had seen her!
Then Malta thought of his old
mother, and of the little hoard OF
quattrini which would have been a
fortune for her.
Thief" he cried, hoarse with
rage, thief" and there, where he
had hoped to kiss IN angel. he aban-
doned himself to weeping over the
infamy of a demon.
A hand clasped his. He jumped up,
with the tears streaming down to his
| lips, and a face to have evoked the
liveliest pity.
Before him stood Mama. Mama,
whom he had despised; Mamma, who
had been able to give him advice;
| Mamma, who had kissed him on the
forehead, who had followed him, and
who now was gazing at him with
those big white eyes full of tender.
ness. ;
With heaving breast Malta threw
himself on her neck in a way to have
sent her sprawling on the floor.
Swaying to and fro, she let him
have it out. The1tears from his eyes
fell on her dress, and the black locks
of that great dolt mingled with hel
blonde ones; while sobs shook his
chest and his feet stamped on the
floor as if they would go through it.
She still suffered him to relieve his
| feelings for a while. Then, giving
him a kick and fiinging him on the
lhed she giggled in his face: "You
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Entitled to IL.

One of his grandma's maids of hon.
or tells the following story of Prince
Eddie when he was a few years young
er:
Just after King Edwards corona
ton, when he underwent an operation
for appendicitis and was lying con-
valescent, he sent for his grandchil-
dren.
The little ones tripped into the
room, cautioned by their nurse that
they must keep very quiet, and stood
about their grandfatherhs bed. He
talked with them for a few minutes
and they replied in awed whispers.
Then when the nurse told them they
must go, Prince Eddie said:
But, grandpa, can't we see the
baby?"-Harper's Weekly.
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He had been away from his hills
about three months; and, do what
one would. for twenty days or a
month he could not be made to smile.
He had bawled like an ass on his
-threshing floor, which, encircled by
tomatoes and pumpkins, was as big as
a city square; and he had stamped
about the farmhouse, yelling mo"
He had spent hours in his beloved
chestnut grove, all coiled together
like a hedge hog; while, on the night
before his departure, he had been
found in the stable, hugging the COW
closely and numbering in her ear.
At sight of such lubber, brown as
a tench, loose jointed as an ape and
rank enough. to be scented a mile
away, his employers uttered a shrek.
Malta opened wide his mouth, his
eyes and his nostrils, bit his hat
brim and stood nodding yes and no.
After a week of forced additions they
regarded him with less disfavor. He
no longer smelt bad, and his hair was
less unruly, while the two tears that
kept ever yelling up in his eyes made
their azure most beautifully trans
parent.
They put him into a plaid suit,
with brass buttons and a SLOUGH hat,
whose brim tapped out like the wings
of an immense harvest fly, and, hang
ing a basket on his arm and sending
him on trifiing errands, they finally
succeeded in fetching a sorry sort of
smile to his phiz. Malta scratched
his pate, wherein all those little mat
flies, opened the door and dashed like
a streak down the streets of Florence.
For a time he felt such a dizziness
that he believed he was going mad.
Then he began to look about him; he
stretched his arms and legs and
raised his head; he gave a %jauntier
bend to his broad hat and yer dared,
now and then, to pinchsthe maid SER
wants in the market betwixt benches
loaded with garden stuff and tables
covered with plucked fowls.
His employers beheld him trans
formed. 1t was Malta here and Mat
tia there; the whole house was full of
Malta, while, down in the kitchen,
Mamma and he seemed to see who
could raise the most racket.
Mamma was a tall blonde, with whit
ish eyes and skinny face; she had
dwelt there for a half dozen years,
making stews and pastry. and dream
ing probably of somebody on her own
account.
The first day that Mamma and Mat
tia met in the kitchen they stood star
ing at each other like a couple of
goats making ready to butt. Yet, when
Malta had had six or seven wash
ings, Mamma slackened rope, while he
drew it in! The spry, pallid, lanky
maid put him in mind OF his beloved
tassels of corn on the slopes of La
Bora, where in August the quails
whistled, while he lay stretched on
the ground, dead tired, beneath the
burning kiss of the sun.
When the ice was really broken be-
tween Malta and Mamma, the house
holders were abroad, and into the
kitchen stole the smell of the garden,
hiaa-Green houghs touched the win
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Tax on irish Bachelors.

1t is surely the function of the State
to encourage rather than to penalize
a high birth rate. A bachelor tax ex
lists in many countries. If that course
be thought too extreme, a differentia-
ton between bachelors and men Of
family in the income tax payments
would at least tend in that direction
Dublin Freeman's Journal.
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rs to pinino Out.

II we are not mistaken, it was a
President from New York State who
last made no exceptions to the rule
that the President accepts no invita-
tons to dinner except from associates
in the government. Perhaps it will
be a President from New York State
who will restore an old tradition which
has much to recommend it.-New
York Times.
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DIFFERENT NOW.

A1n ancient times" stated the pro-
lessor. "all idiots were taken out and
drowned. Why was that?" !.
"Well," replied the student with the
bullying forehead, 81 suppose there
were no openings for insurance in,
spectors and national bank examiners
in those OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17

A mans worst enemy is his self.
ishness. 1t narrows and poisons his
existence, and transforms him into a
slave of himself. Love is the free
vast horizon where the soul can
spread it's wings.-Charles Wagner.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17

Half the world is on the wrong
scent in the pursuit of happiness.
They think it consists in having and
getting and in being served by others.
It consists in giving and serving 9th.
ers.-Drummond.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17

An act of goodness is in itself an
act of happiness. 1t is the flower OF
a loving inner life of joy and content.
ment; it tells of peaceful hours, and
days on the summit heights of the
soul.-Maeterlinck.
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MODERN A

Her Husband gave the devil his
due this morning.
His Wife-Why, what do you mean,
dear?
Her Husband paid another in
stallment on my life insurance.-Cns
eag % DISPATCH
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o GRAVE. WHERE IS THY VIC
TORY

TURY!
"Poor Mrs. wilkins! She Is SO
yo,lrg and her welded life has been
such a bitter disappointment"
'In what way?"
"She married that wealthy old Will
kins under the impression that he mad
heart disease, and the doctor says
he's perfectly well."-Milwaukee Sen
tinel
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17

In all things throughout the world
the men who look for the crooked
will see the crooked, and the men
who look for the straight will the
straight.-Ruskin.
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WORDS OF

There are two deep principles in
Nature in apparent contradiction
one, the aspiration after perfection;
the other, the longing after repose.
In the harmony Of these lies the rest
Of the soul of mani. w. Roberts.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17

Every failure teaches a man some.
thing If he will learn.-Charles Dick
ems.
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A Dfference.

Most men would rather lose SO on
a horse race than pay q 1928 gar
biu.-chicago News
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-17

One good mother is worth a hun
dred NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Her.
bert.
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A conservative is a Whatsoever
specimen of humanity too cowardly
to be in the firing linen. C. Fowler,
Jr.
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ssROO-HOO''
Shouts a Spanked Baby.

af / dopdenum. or lower stomach and I'm
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
LIFE IS FORFEITED BY
COMING Of An HEIR
Mrs. Marian Goodfellow
Moore Dies in Giving
Birth to a Son
SHOCK TO FAMILY
Was Married After the
Earthquake and Was a
Social Favorite

OAKLAND, March 3.-Mrs. Marian
Goodfellow Moore. who less than a
year ago became the bride of Attorney
Stanley Moore died today at Fabiola
Hospital after an illness of but a few
hours, leaving besides her husband an
infant son, whose coming into the
world had cost the mothers life The
death of Mrs. Moore came as a terrible
shock to her family and that of her
husband, being entirely unexpected
The young wife was stricken early this
morning at the Moore home, on Sixth
her condition becoming critical, she
was removed to the hospital, where she
passed away shortly after 1 o'clock this
afternoon
Mrs. Moore was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. S. Goodfellow. her father
being one of the best known lawyers
of the Pacific Coast. The family is
one of the best known on either side
of the bay. Mrs. Moore. both before
and since her marriage last May, was
one of the most popular members of
the social set of Oakland and San Fran
cisco.
The marriage of Stanley Moore, who
is a son of Attorney A A. Moore. and
Miss Goodfellow was one of the social
events Immediately following the
earthquake of April Is. The engage
ment of the couple had been announced
some time before the disaster, and early
in the month following the wedding
was celebrated in this city
Mrs Moore was born in Oakland
twenty three years ago.