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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14
PLEDGE.
MISS LAURA A. STOUT, ............ Editor.
OEFICIAI DIRECTORY.

Prcsident-MRs. l.. 5. Mourn, Greenville.
First e-President-MRs. +. =. Clark.
shannon.
Second Vice PreSident-MRs. VI. y. QUINCHE,
Oxford.
Third Vice President-MRs.C HATTIE REALI-
West Point.
PER, Fayettc.
Recording Sccretary-MIsS VI. l.. Montgomery.
Starkville.
TreaSurer-MISs ZEI.LE McLAURIN, Meri-
dian.
State OrganlzerS-MRs. VI. L. ERWIN, Miss
BELLE kEARNEY.
State Evangelist--MRs. MARY MAGEE SMELL.
State Superintendent Of Y.'s--MIss BELLE
KEARNEE.
Assistant Superintendent Of Y.'s-MIss GRACE
A. Cox. Columbus.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

Mrs. Mary MCGEE Smell, of Column
bus, Mississippi, who is declared by
Mrs. Judge Merrick, of New Orleans
to be "Sam Jones and ID. L. Moody
boiled down" in empower as gospel
temperance speaker, has been invited
by Miss Willard and the other general
officers of the National w. G. I. U.
to give the annual sermon at the Con-
vention ofythat society to- be held in
Denver, Colorado, Oct. 2Sth to Nov.
End. Mrs. Smell has accepted the in
yitation.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

Prominent Alliancemen have sug.
gested the advisability of establishing
an agency at New Orleans similar to
the one now conducted by Mr. B. G..
West at Memphis. 1t has been urged
as an argument in its favor, that the
freight rates between Memphis and
points in South Mississippi are so high
that the Memphis agency fails to meet
the requirements Of farmers south OF
the A. & ". road. The rates from New
Orleans being cheaper. Alliancemen
doing business through an agency
would be benefited by the operation
We call the attention of sub and coun.
ty Alliances to this subject for discus
sion so that it may come up at the State
Alliance for consideration.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

At the Cleveland ratification meet
ing in Kosciusko two members of the
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee rendered their designations and
gave notice that they were going to
quit the G. o. p. A metropolitan
daily, reporting the meeting, headed it
in bold letters, ga Democratic Love
Feast Give us some more Demo
cratic love feasts like that.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The Moss Point Union has done mob
ly. It's members have recently given
an entertainment, from which they
turned over fifty dollars to the Prohi-
bition Club. They have also sub
scribed for ten copies of the LEADER
for gratuitous distribution. Well
done This is work that will tell
Neal Dow ascribes the great success
of Temperance work in Maine to his
having at one time sown the entire
State knee deep in Temperance liter
AZURE.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14
The Skein We Wind.

The Skein We Wind.
Ifyou and to-day
Should stop, and lay
Our lfe-work down. and let our hands fall where
they will
FAN down to lie quite still;
And II some other hand should come and stooT
to find
The threads we carried so that 1t could wind
Beginning where we stopped; If it should come
TO keep
Our Network going, seek
To carry on the good design
Distinctvely made yours or mne
What would it find?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

How about high license If license
is wrong, high license can be no bet
ter. Would Judas crime have been
any less it he had got 10000 pieces of
silver instead of 30? No. So selling
the legal right to ruin the souls and
bodies of men is just as much crime
when the license fee is 81 900 as when
Ii Is $40
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

Mrs. Mollie MCGEE Smell has spoken
twice day to good audiences in
Louisiana every day since June LIST
A New Iberia, La, Journal says: "Mrs.
SHELLS Bible talk on the Queen OF
Sheba's visit to King Solomon, given
to the largest audience that had yet
attended her meetings, was rich in
thought, sparkling with wit, and some
times exquisitely pathetic. She had
the most intense attention of her au-
dience from the beginning, to the end
as the sacred word beamcd luminous
under her deyout touch.r
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The National Executive committee
of the Prohibition party elected the
following officers Chairman, Samuel
Dickie, of Michigan; vice. chairman,
John p. st. John, of Kansas; secre-
tary, w. C. Wardwell, of New York;
treasurer, Samuel d. Hastings, of Wis
consin. The committee again chose
New York as headquarters for another
four years.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

American women are well known
enthusiasts in the cause of Temper
ance. One of the most Jealous work
ers devotes an immense vineyard, her
mind and means to the production OF
an unfermented wine, which she uses
her influence to have accepted for the
communion table in place of alcoholic
liquOr.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

Alta recent meeting of the Railroad
Commissioners the taxation of the
various railroads doing business in
Mississippi was postponed until July
18th. This is matter of importance,
as it is an act of the recent Legisla-
ture just going into effect.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

A most striking testimony against
the saloon is being given in the great
strike at Homestead, Pa. The strik-
ers themselves have ordered and are
keeping the saloons closed, and dis
patches say: "There is not an officer
of the peace in sight, for the saloons
are closed and there is no need of
policemen"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

Notwithstanding the fact that a
mortgage will flourish on most any
kind of soil, and in any climate in all
kinds of seasons, it is hard thing to
raise, and we would not advise the
planting of one.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

1t would be IA good thing for each
sub-Alliance in Mississippi to provide
itself with a copy of the new State
Constitution for study and reference
by it's members. Copies may be had
in pamphlet form free on application
to the Secretary of State at jackson.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The w. c. 7. T., of Morr,stown,
Tenn, has offered gold medal in
the graded school to pupils over six
teen years of age "for the greatest
physical development, together with
abstinence from Intoxicating drinks,
tobacco and profanity"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The Supreme Court of Tennessee
has rendered its decision in the case
of Col. H. Clay King, convicted of
the murder of David Poster. The
verdict of the lower court is sustained
and Friday, August II, fixed as the
day on which King is to be executed.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14
ELLEN E. HEBRON.

The Times will from this tim on
contain column of Temperance mat
ter edited and controlled exclus lively
by the ladies of the w. G.. r. U. The
editor of this paper will not essay to
dictate to them what they shall or
shall not insert in this column, but
will leave them free to publish just
what they please. They are of the
noble and Christian women of this
community. and the Times assures its
readers that they will never write or
publish anything with the intention
of doing anyone an injury or injustice.
Their cause is a righteous one and
their motive is to do good. Their
motto is "FOr God, and Home, and
Native Land" If you don't agree
with them, be charitable, and allow
them what you would have them allow
you-a free opinion tarkUitle Times.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The Democrats of Kansas have
about decided to fuse with the Peo-
pies party. 1t is now in order for
some Mississippi newspapers to lecture
their Democratic brethren up North
on the evils of bad associations.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The Democratic caucus of the Lou
isiana Legislature has decided to
postpone the election of q United
States Senator until the session of
1894,
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

Pomeroy says there is no more diff
ference between the two old parties
than there is between one hog tina
has his nose in the pail of milk and
the other one that wants to get his
nose in. And Pomeroy is right.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The Columbus w. G.. Il. L. recently
gave spelling match, at which they
cleared $3.50 and it was the topic of
conversation for several days after
so writes our faithful worker, Miss NJ.
L. Montgomery.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The Democrats of the SIKH Con.
gressional district will hold nomi-
mating convention at Biloxi on Au-
gust 18th. The primaries in the
several counties are called for Aug
10th.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

A nineteen year old boy, victim Of
cigarettes, was seized with convul-
sions, having many Of the symptoms
of hydrophobia except the dread Of
water, from which he shortly after
wards died. The harm that the ci-
gazette is doing our youth is incalcn-
liable.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The entire Temperance forces of
Great Britain chose Lady Henry
Somerset to issue the call for public
demonstration on June 18th and 10Th
in the interest of the direct veto of the
liquor traffic. Lady Henry issued
the call and also thoughtful and
earnest address to the Clergy of the
United Kingdom.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

Mrs. Carse paid last week $40, 10000
to Marshall Field on his Temple Stock,
bought by the National w. C. L. T.,
which completes purchase of $685.
10000 this year.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The suggestion offered at the Omaha
convention by Tex as delegate "to
boycott the saloons" was loudly APP
nlauied
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

1t is a collision of the money pow
er with the office-holders and office
seekers against the people.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

A highly appreciated note from Mrs.
Fannie Clark, of Shannon, states that
an effort is being made to hold a local
option election in Lee county, and
that the Shannon Union has lately
circulated petitions in favor of the
same
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

w. G.. whipplc has been nomi-
mated for Governor by the Republi-
cans of Kansas.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The Starkville Union has secured
thirty-two signatures to the million
voters agreement.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

Each ward in Salt Lake City has a
Loyal Temperance Legion.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14
THURSDAY. July IA. 1892.

The Denver News has left the Dem
ocratic party. Silver did it.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14
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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

We have received and tender our
thanks for several copies of The Out
look, bright, strong paper, recently
started in Vineland, n. j., in the in
terests of Prohibition. We wish it
the highest measure of success. Sub
scription, 81 90 per year. Its w. c. T.
U. department is ably edited and con-
tanned the following notice of some of
our Southern leaders.
Miss Frances E. Griffin, of Ala.
National w. C. Il. U. organizer, had a
rOusing success at the recent Missis-
sippi State Convention at COrinth.
She was announced to speak at 10 a.
m. to the Sunday Schools and eight
hundred "gIown-ups" crowded the
court house to hear what she had to
say to the little folks. Those people
love to laugh and they have not had
such chance for long time, as in
the whimsical wit of Miss Griffin,
while her broad minded, humanity,
speeches distilled like the dew in big
hearted audiences. That Convention,
by the'way, was altogether domes-
tic product, Mrs. NJ. nj. Smell and Miss
Kearney, the other gifted speakers of
the occasion being native born and
reared Mississippians. The same trio
were the eloquent attractions of the
Louisiana Convention the last week
of April. The "new Order waxeth
in Dixie these three brilliant South
ern women speakers are but sfirst
fruits" there is great harvest ripen-
ing for the rostrum faster than "some
folks dream.n
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14
THE VOICE. /"

4S columns each week, full of matter OF
| interestlt to all.
| We will send to any person a sample copy of
| this most aggressive yet popular paper In the
world, FREE.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

NEW SUBSCRIBERS
ARE RECEIVING A VALUABLE PREMIUM
FREEs
And, besides, In the course OF q year, s.yoIcE"
subscribers save dollars more than the price of
the paper, by the various special offers made
from time to time, by the publishers
STURGEON AND ia LMAGE-The VOICE
contains a sermon from Sturgeon or Talmage
each week.
ARE You FOND OF READING? 1t contains
select short stories; interesting matter In all dr.
rectiOns.
ARE You A FARMER? Here are market quo
tatiOns and farm news.
ARE You A POLITICIAN? You find here the
latest politics bearing especially on the temper
ance question.
ARE You FOR TEMPERANcE? This Is the
organ of the temperance movement Says Gen.
Neal Dow: I'm all our fight for Prohibition We
have no such paper as THE VOICE."
ARE You POSTED on the general news Of the
week? II not, get THE VOICE.
THE VOICE each week contains also a large
amount OF highly Interesting matter In its othla
IQu4rfmpntS
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14

"With this short vocabulary prop.
ely committed to memory any two
aspiring amateurs could ast0nish
their friends, Tor there is nothing
which they could not describe. For
instance, let us suppose that watch
is handed to tie performer. He
would ask the question something
like this:
"no goa see (W) VIII this is :?
Come (A) let as knoao (F). Then "A
short pause followed by an impatient
hurry up (C) ans1Cer I'D.
"The assistant cttches the cue; the
other words, added merely for effect,
she pays no attention to, and answers
"a watch"
"NoU (9) tell as ~ the time.
Vel % The answer would be, "it is
9:45 or quarter ot ten"
"TeH me (C) what this is. Go on
(O). No,o (D. DO you kio'o (N)?
"That is a coin or piece of money"
"C0me CD what is it worth ~
Zone dollar"
"Had the above question been,
what is its rdlHe I? the answer
would b. one cent, the words raiHe
and vorh repfes' ntlng respectively
cents and dollars.
"In this way, "a viii be seen, any
thing can be spelied ont, and for anna
teur entertainments, where no gr at
time can be devoted to study, this
will be found to answer every pur-
pose.
"F professional conjurers, how.
ever, something more j. necessary
With IS il Is bushes. which mea $
hard W ark and 80 iuua udy. We
use the spelling system occasionally;
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14
MYSTERY EXPLAINED
Secret of Second-Sight or Mind
Reading Revealed.
How a Husband and His Wife Could De-
scribe an Article and Astonish
a Crowd.


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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14
Want The College.

The citizens OF Guthrie, says the
New Era, are very anxious to securf
the college " ich the Methosists pre-
pose to buil1 at some point in the
western part OF the State. A mass
meeting was held there Mond3y and
a subscription of $1,000 aud ten acres
Of land was raised, and a committee
was appointed to 90 to Russellville
to lay their claims before the confer
ence committee which meets there
to daVt
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14
Willis Ram baut.

Cards are out announcing the ap
preaching marriage, on the 20th oi
this mon h Of Miss Maudc Fl Ran
baut, of Memphis, to MIR. William
II. w lis, nov pf Memphis, but
formerly Of this city.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14
Working for the Presidential Nomina
ton.

What man can tell who will be
nominated for President by the Re
puhlicaus or Democrats. Each one
works his "hoom" for all IFS worth.
First we read Blnine's mind is tot
tering, that he's physical wreck ;
again, that he suffers only from indi
gestion; and then we are told that
Harrison }on'i want the nomina
tion unless; Hill says nothing and
Cleveland is in the hands OF hi
friends. There are so many rumor
that we know nothing definite exctpi
that Manager Wood has secured tn,
great comedy drama, "She Couldn't
Marry Three" and it is unde niably
the gre est show that ever visited
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14

The County Court at Memphis has
decided by vote OF Is to II to APP
propriate $4,000 for n Shelby county
exhibit at the Worlds Fair. There
is trouble ahead, however. A men,
Der of the court moved for a recon-
sderation, and it will come up again
Monday. The opposition to the ap-
preparation comes principally from
the rural members of the court.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14

but for g neral use it is too long. and
so We employ a second mtthod.
This consists of list Of such articles
as are commonly offered hy an audi
ence This list is alphahetic lily ar
rang and divided into triplets,
each tripIet having distinguishing
number. Now were | to ask one Of
my readers TO IN ke out such list,
the result in ali probability would be
one containi about one third of
what is necessary. 1t is wonderful
how many things are brought out"
The article here gives list Of III
tr ples or 351 words, arranged alpha
bstcally, descriptive ofalmosr every
article that would be off red the
"miud-rpader TIE ist is too
Iensthy for publication in ull, and in
fact il is unnecessary lor bringing out
the point Take the following trip
let { or.ipth) or eXpIana ion:
0-GIove, Gu ge, Grain.
1t j. seen that "Gove" is the first
article H. this triplet The question
wound e: Ell as (4 what this is,
there COY
II the fr-t article in any triplet is
offerd d by he audience, The per-
former merely gives the cue cores
ponding t. the distinguishing mum
ber of the triplet, fixing some such
sentence >, "what is This ?' to make
the question natural. II it be the
serond article of the trplet he adds
the word here, and if the third article
he sub7titu e4 or us = that.
Should the second trticle in the fif-
teenth triplet, for example, be offered
the question would be either:
"Here," what's this? Go on (l5)
or come Q) what's his, here? Vel
(5) and the answer in either case,
GA button hook" for this is the Sec
Ond article mentioned in the fifteenth
triplet.
cit sometimes happens that two
article, of the me kind are offered
either in immediate sue 'ession or in
the same performance, for the pur-
pose Of detecting whether the ques-
ton is identical in each instance.
But we are prepared tor this, and
avoid the snare. If for example two
fans should be offered one imme-
diately after the other for the first
we would give the mtna5sssosae aud
for thesecond use merely 'fhis' which
is known as repeating que ton.
."In exhibiting secQnd-9ight very
wonderful effect is reached by com
blning the two systems of the
triplets md of spelling suppose
iocket beariag he name jane is
off red; this is the way in which the
question would be ask d: (Remem-
Der hat 10 kpt i the third in order of
the sirty fourth tripleD.
"What is Mat, please (G)? make
haste (Do
"What is locket ?"
"YeS THAT'S g00d."
at is gold locket, and it has a
name on it "
"rhe Yes and good which sound
merely ejacuatory, are respt ctivels
the cue for 9old nd name e"
""Let me knOt0 (J) the name. Come
GAY do you hlo'o (N) ? JVA (E) ?"
Answer: "Jane
ItWi be seen tn by combining
tn, s. two prj cipits any article can
tie spelled o 1t, and it is also app rent
that il ruuck the "mini.reaoiug"
theory in tine he d
rhpre i, LITTLE daub thtt Mr.. Har.
ri-on ani his vile employed some
such system as the one outlined
ABOVE, for naay OF toe questions pro
pound ytre verbatim with some
mentioned in the magazine article
They could tell the date Of coin,
and its nationality as easily as the
.,n,ttn an tho how. mont inupI lock Of
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14

The West Tennessee Whig fele-
prated its fiji ~ anniversary this
week by donning new dress. II is
IN excellent pap r and deserves the
uppott Of the people of Madison
county.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14

An earthquake shock was felt here,
and in other parts of .he STATE this
morning at O'Clock. TIE vibrations
were from Norfh to South.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14
ENCOURAGING oU LOOK.
Capital Has IA Decided Tendency to
Come South.

The Manufacturers Record, of
BtItimore, j nuary 8, in reviewing
the industrial progress of the South,
says:
at is too early in the new year to
expect any very great activity in
new enterpris $, but notwithstand-
ing this h. past week shows Il
healthy growth, with decided ten
dency of capital to seek investments
in the South more freely than for
many months. Very large sales of
Southern municipal securities have
lately been made in the North and
the West, and the outlook is prom
ising for increased confidence In
southern securities OF all kinds
Active forts for the building up
of southern ports continue, and at
Ne Hpnrt News add ional shipping
facilities are to be constructed; Mt
Norfolk large piers, machine sh p
and round house are to be built by
The Norfolk and Western to accom-
modate It's heavy increasing busin' IS
there, while at Chr eston ext xtensive
wurf property his been purchased
by northern capitalists At other
ports The work Of developing their
foreign trade goes on steadily. In
the industrial inc thtre has been a
fair amount of activity"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14

M ! R Nils n 4 daughter,
iss Birdie, are recovering from
quite a severe case Of grip.