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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29

Michigan has $50 Women's Chris
tian Temperance Unions is sixty
counties.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29

The city of London has il, 900 grOg
shops and 1900 policemen.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29
CSURERS FATTEN.

Silver. which has been accepted as
coin since the dawn of history, has
been lemOnetized to add to the pur-
chasing power of gold by decreasing
the 'alue of all forms of property. us
Will as human labor, and the supply
of currency is thereby abridged to
fatten Insurers and bankers by the
slave industry. y vast conspiracy
against mankind has been organized
on two continents, and it is rapidly
taking possession of the world. If not
overthrown at once, it forebOdes ter
rible social commissions, the destruc-
ton of civilization and the establish
ment of an absolute despOtism. We
have witnessed for more than Il
quarter of Il century the struggles of
the two great political parties for
power and plumber, while grievous
wrongs have been inflicted upon the
suffering people. We charge that the
controlling influences dominating both
these parties have permitted the eX-
listing dreadful conditions to develop
without serious effort to prevent or
restrain them. Neither do they now
promise rs any substantial reform.
They have agreed together to ignore
in the campaign every issue but one.
They propose to drown the Outcries
of a plundered people with the uproar
of IL sham battle over the tariff so that
capitalists, corporations, national
banks. rings, trusts, watered stock,
the decentralization of silver and the
oppression of the usurers may all be
lost sight of. They propose to sacri-
flee our home, lives and children on
the altar of mammOn to DESTROY the
multitude in order to secure cOrrup-
ton funds from the milliOnaires.
Assembled on the anniversary of the
birthday of the nation, filled with the
spirit of the grand generation which
established our independence, we seek
to restore the government of the Re-
public TO the hands of "the plain peo-
pie" with which class it originated.
We assert our purposes to be identical
with the purposes of the national con-
stituti0n, 'to form Il more perfect
uni IN, establish justice, insure domcs-
tic tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general welfare
and secure the blessings of liberty for
ourselves and our pOsterity."
We declare that this Republic can
only endure as free government
while built upon the love of the whole
people for each other and for the
nation; that it cannot be pinned
together by bayOnets that the civil
war is over, and that every passion
aud resentment which grew out of it
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29
PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM


Adopted by the National Peoples Party
Convention at Omaha, July 4th. 1892.
Assembled on the one hundred and
sixteenth anniversary of the Declara-
ton of Independence, the Peoples
party of America, in their first Ma
tional convention, invoking upon their
action the blessing of Almighty God.
puts forth in the name and on behalf
of the people of this country the fol
lowing preamble and declaration of
principles:
The conditions which surround us
best Justify our co operation we meet
in the midst of nation brought to
the verge of moral, political and ma
terial ruin. Corruption dominates
the ballot box, the Legislatures, the
Congress, and touches even the ermine
of the bench. The people are demon
allied most of the States have been
compelled to isolate the voters at the
polling places to prevent universal
Intimidation or bribery. The news
papers are largely subsidized or muz-
zled public opinion Silenccd; bust
ness Frustrated, our homes covered
with mortgages, labor impoverished,
and the land concentrating in the
hands of the capitalists. The urban
workmen are denied the right of OIL
ganization for self-protection import
ed, paupcrized labor beats down their
wages Il hireling standing army, un-
recognized by our laws, is established
to shoot them down aud they are rap
idly degenerating into European
conditions. The fruits of the toll Of
millions are boldly stolen to build up
colossal fortunes for few, unprcce-
dented in the history of mankind, and
the pOssessors of these in tHrn dcspise
the republic and endanger liberty.
From the same prolific womb of
governmental injustice come the two
great classes tramps and millionaires.
The national power to create money
is appropriated to enrich the bond
holders; II vast public debt payable in
legal tender currency has been funded
into gold bearing bonds, thereby add
ing millions to the burdens of the
people.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29
FOR CONGRESS.

First DiStrict---.JameS Burkitt. ...... of Monroe
Second DiStrict-R. j. Lyle. ....... of Marshall
Third District No Nomination.
Fourth DStTict-FTank Burkitt of ChiCkaSaw
Fifth Distinctly. L. Ratlltf ..........Of Alfalfa
sixth Distributions. \. Jackson. of Amite
seventh Districts. w Robinson of Rankin
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29

Everything intended for this department
should he first addressed to It's editor at Corinth.
Miss.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29

must die with il, and that we must be
in fact as we are in name one united
brotherhood of free men.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29
TRANSFORMATION.

Third Transportation being "a means
of exchange and public necessity, the
government should own and operate
the railroads in the interest of the
people.
a. The telegraph and telephone, like
the post-office system, being a necessity
for transmission of news, should be
owned and operated by the government
in the interest of the people.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29

MISS LAURA 4. STOUT, ........-... Edito
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29
LAND.

Second The land. including all the
natural resources of wealth, is the her
itage of all the people and should not
be monOpolized for speculative pur-
poses. and alien ownership of land
should be prohibited. All land now
held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of their actual needs,
and all lands owned by aliens, should
be reclaimed by the government and
held for actual settlers only.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29
I'll. sPEcULArIoNs IN MARGINS

the cornering of grain, money and pro
ducts, and the formation of pools, trusts
and combinations for the arbitrary adj
vancement and reduction Of prices
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
Kent the ComDact.

1t would seem to establish that the
shrewdness of this world was not un.
known in the higher sphere, if a West
srn paper is correct in its facts as given
below. Shortly after marriage TexaD
couple made compact that whichever
died first should appear to the other.
The wife only lived about o year, and
shortly after her demise, while the
widower was sitting reading one even
ing, she walked up to him and laid her
hand on his shoulder. She talked With
him few minutes as freely as though
in the flesh. then picking up pair Of
shears that laid on the table, said {;
After am gone you may doubt that I
appeared unto you. You may think it
q dream or a hallucination. Keep this
as g souvenir, and doubt not She cut
q piece from her dress, laid it on the
table, aud vanished. The goods re.
sembled white silk, but the textile ex.
perts confess that they do not know
what it is-that If any such goods wero
woven in an earthly loom they do moi
know 1t. -~ =.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
New York in 1865,

In one of the older manuals of the
Common Council of New York there
appears an interesting directory of that
city for the year 1865. Then there were
exactly twenty streets and population
of 251. Broadway at that time was De
Here STRAIT (the principal street,. The
Battery was Aen de Strandt van de N.
Revier. Wall street was De Waal, Pearl
street was De Perel street, Whitehall
street was De Winckel STRAIT, William
street was in De Smit's Valley lin the
Smiths Valley, and Broadway, above
Wall street, was Buyten de Liant Poort
(outside the land gate). All the resi-
dents were of Dutch extraction, except
one. whose name appears In the list as
Jacob, the Frenchman. There we're
Roosevelts, Beckmans, De Peysters,
De Puys, Van Cortlandts and Yer
plancks in those days. CLANS, oysters
and fish formed the principal food of
the settlers at that period. Occa-
sionally in the spring New York was
visited by such amazing flights of
wild pigeons that the sun was hid by
their focks from shining on the earth
for a considerable time; then it was
that the natives laid in great store of
them against a day of need. ."-New
York Times
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
Some Clever Catches.

A young lady was once talking with
very young and very smart man, who
was inclined to air his knowledge of
the languages little beyond what she
felt that modesty required, says a
writer in Harpers Young People. She
therefore said to him, with an air of
Difference to his superior attainments :
You are Latin scholar. 1 wish
you would tell me how to pronounce
she word sometimes
The youth, with an air of kindly
patronage, replied, Il have not met
the word in my Latin reading; but I
have no hesitation in saying that it
should be pronounced -met-i-mes' "
giving it in four syllables, the accent
on the second).
Thank you for telling me" replied
the girl. demurely. Il have always
heard it pronounced sometimes but,
if you say the other way, that must be
right.
This is similar to the perhaps familiar
catch of the pronunciation of '.bac kac
he" which will often surprise the
initiated by proving to be only
"backache. It also reminds one of a
question printed some years since as to
the way of spelling need need
bread. The average person will reply,
"K-n.e-a-d," of course. But the answer
will be, THAT is the way to spell
'knead' dough, but not to need.
bread.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
Mr.. Edison on Raldheads.

Edison maintains that bald-pated
people die young, while people vino are
well rooted with hair live long and he
believes that, as he himself has fertile
scalp, he will live to a ripe old age.
We can name numerous persons of EN-.
inence whose locks began to fall long
before they reached middle age, yet who
lived to be as old as Mr.. Edison himself
will be when be is an octogenarian.
What does Mr.. Edison know about the
badness of the three Adamses or about
the locks of Jefferson, Hamilton, and
several of their compeers I? Can he tell
us whether the Father of his Country
wore artificial hair Did he ever see
man adorned with q toupee, to say
nothing of a peruke? We forwarn Mr..
Edison that, in ransacking history for
facts bearing upon baldheadedness, it is
necessary to proceed with caution. He
will find, by the illusions of ancient
and modern authors to the habit of wig
wearing, that very many notable men
have had very much less hair atop than
they were credited with.
Let Mr.. Edison go to the city of
Washington and look down upon the
heads of the members of the United
States Senate. He will see Senators
there are as lively as crickets, though
they have been more or less bald for
greater part of half-century. Let him
then go abroad and find out for how
many years Gladstones hair has been
growing ever sparser, or Bismarck's, or
hundred other great men's.-New
York Sun.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
An Example of Russian Justice.

General Van Wahl, when governor at
Kieff, received visit one day from q
poor woman, the widow of a. police
agent. For a long time she had So
icited the pension which was her due.
The head of the police, to whom she
had addressed her demand, always sent
her brutally away. She went to the
governor and told him all her story.
Sit down there and write, y replied the
general, pointing to a writing-table
The trembling woman took her seat and
wrote, from the generals dictation, a
long supplication. Now address it,
and wait for me in the next room."
Two or three minutes afterward the
woman was recalled, and the general
gave into her hands sealed letter, say.
ing to her: Take this letter to the
head-constable take care not to open
it, and come back to me as soon as you
have the reply"
A week passed, at the end of which
the woman went to the palace again,
but this time ioyfully her pension had
been granted to her, and she thanked
the governor with joy. 1T is useless
to thank me I am nothing in the af-
fair, and he Immediately gave the fol-
lowing order " The head of the police
at Kieff is dismissed from his post and
sent into exile. The reason because
he granted demand after having re-
ceived sum of money for so doing"
In the letter which the widow had writ
ten to the head of the police, General
Wahl had, unknown to her, slipped a
bank-note for twenty-five roubles,
which accounted for her supplication
being granted.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
RIDING OVER A TIDAL WAVE.
Strange Experience of an Old Cunard
Liner ON the Atlantic.

Strange Experience Of an Old Cunard
Liner ON the Atlantic.
Il had strange experience at sea in
the summer of 1885, said Capt. r. G.
Macauley, according to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, for some years past
commander of Cunard steamer. II
was at that time in command of the
Comet, plying between Liverpool and
Havana. We were then three days out
from Liverpool and were ploughing
through sea that was as smooth as a
billiard table, There was not breeze
stirring and the weather was terribly
hot. Just at sundown the second Off
Ger called my attention to a curious
ridge. on the western horizon, into
which the sun appeared to be dipping.
1 turned my glass on it and it resem-
bled mighty bank of gold, extending
north and south as far as the eye could
reach. its a cloud said l. I'll
be- if it is, replied the officer en-
phatically; it's water
Il looked at him and saw that he was
pale as sheet. I again brought my
glass to bear on the curious phenome-
non. The bank appeared nearer and
nearer, the upper edge of the sun being
just visible above it. The top of the
bank was of reddish yellow, while the
base had changed to dark green. by
the Lord 7 exclaimed, it is water 1t
is tidal wave ! and so it was. It came
rolling towards us at terrific rate of
speed. I put the prov of the ship
squarely to it and had the matches bat
tened down. did not think it posi-
BILE that we could ride over it. Ny only
hope was to plough through it. was
about to signal the engineer to put on
all steam when the second officer begged
me to back ship. yielded. The en-
gines were reversed, and by the time
the wave reached us we were moving
slowly backward. The wave was not
so perpendicular as at first supposed.
The ship was in ballast and rode over it
like feather. 1t looked to me at least
fifty feet high, and went rolling away to
the northeast with dull, rushing sound
similar to Niagara"
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
AN ALLEGED PLOT.
A TERRIBLE CONSPIRACY TO KILL
NoN-UNION MEN.

stxr head and Two Score Stockholders
Also Got the Drug-The Confession OF
Cook-Arrcsts- Being Made.
| A startling conspir ICY to poison non
union wortmen is said to have been
discovered at Homestead, Pa. The chief
conspirator is alleged to be Robert j.
Beatty, who was traced to Louisville anG
arrested there Oh Sunday last. A large
number of other arrests have followed.
There was much sickness among the
State troops while at Homestead, and the
State Board of Health made an inVesti-
CATION, attributing the trouble to the
water. E. L. Breck, counsel for the
Carnegie Company, now announces that
evidence has been secured to show that
a desperate plot was in existence 70
poison the State troops and non-unlon
workmen.
The terrible plot, it is stated, was
learned from man who was in the plot,
and is substantially as follows: The in
formant said that one of the chief cooks
at the Homestead works. with whom he
was intimately acquainted, asked hin
if he did not want IL job at Homestead.
He told him he was not only employed
by the Carnegie company, but by the Ia
Dor associations, and he wanted two as
sistants.
He told him of plan to poison the
food of the men employed in the mill, so
as to make them sick and render them
unable to work. He asserted that nearly
if not all the sickness among the men
was caused by the poisons he had placed
in the food. He was to get $4,000 if he
succeeded in closing the mill.
This man says he and friend told
Chairman Frick of the plot, and they
were advised by Mr.. Frick's attorney to
accept the cooks offer and go into the
mill.
The day after their arrival number of
the men were reported sick and the cook
told them how he had placed the poison
"a colored powder-in the food, and
told them to watch for an opportunity to
use it in the food.
Fearing that the men would not be
trusted, two Pinkertons were engaged
to keep close surveillance upon the in
formants as we'll as the cook. The lat
ter became suspicious and at once dis
continued the use of the powders.
Sometime later the men reported that
the cook was becoming very uneasy.
They said that the death Of some of the
men had unnerved him, and they be-
lieved he would make clean breast of
the whole plot if he was summoned to
the office and placed under arrest. This
was done, and when confronted u it'll
the facts as stated above the cook broke
down and made full confession, in
which he gave the names of those who
had employed him, the amount of money
he had received, and the manner in
which he had carried out his part of the
terrible crime.
He said also that be frequently visited
the camps Of the militia and dosed the
food prepared in the cook-house. His
visits were always followed by increased
sickness among the members of the Ma
tionai Gaurd. This confession was taken
by stenographer in the presence of
several witnesses.
Workmen at Homestead discredit the
story as sensational, but admit that a
few desperate men might have become
involved in such plot. 1t is denied,
however, that the Advisory Committee
were involved in evil criminal practice.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
A Telephone Fifty Years Ago.

The first telephone in any section of
the country is thus described by citi-
zen of Northampton "A little more
than fifty years ago the employees of
the Arms shoe manufactory at South
Deer6eld beguiled their leisure hours by
kite-Hying. Kites large and small went
up daily, and the strife was to see who
could get the largest. The twine which
held them was the shoe thread, spun
and twisted by the ladies of the village.
One day to the tail of the largest kite
was attached kitten, sewed in can
vas bag, with a netting over the mouth
to give it air. When the kite was at
its greatest height, some two hundred
feet or more, the mewing of the kitten
could be distinctly heard by those hold
ing the string. To the clearness of the
atmosphere was attributed the kittens
voice, and no telephone patent was ap-
piled for"
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
The City Girls Ways,

A young farmer in Vermont enjoyed
himself hugelya few days ago, says the
Modesto Herald, in watching a couple
of city girls attempt to water their
horses at the trough at his place. The
horses were checked up, and, of course
could not get their noses down to the
water. This seemed to surprise the
young ladies at first, but finally, realiz-
ing the trouble. they both got out OF
the buggy, and going behind, lifted up
on the hind axle, and after raising tho
hind wheels clear of the ground, peeped
around the sides of the vehicle to see
the horses drink. Finding that the
horses didn't seem to know enough
to stick their heads down at the same
time they raised the hind wheels, one
girl remained behind to hold the buggy
up and the other went to the horses
heads and tried to pull their noses down
to the water.
After laughing till he shock several
boards off the side of the blacksmith
shop, where he watched the girls lift
on the buggy and pull on the horses
heads till they were red in the face and
almost ready to cry, Will went to their
assistance, and unchecked the horses.
The young ladies gazed at first in be-
wilderment, and then, with kind of
don't-you-ever-t look at each other,
calmly tucked the robe around them.
leaned back in their seats, and, after
waiting for their horses to drink, drove
of, leaving Will to sit down on the cor.
uer of the trough and ruminate owe,
the city girl and her way of doing
things.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
A Girl Saves a Train,

A young girl saved Southern Pacific
express from wreck at Cow Creek, Ore.
Wreckers had torn up the rails on long
trestle and thrown them into a canon.
Two girls and a young man walked past
on their way from party and discov-
cred the devllish act. The express was
heard approaching and one girl snatched
"a lantern from the young man and ran
up the track, swinging it around her
bead. The engineer saw her just in time
to stop his engine on the brink of the
canon.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
FRUIT STONE JEwELRy.
Rapid and Clever Work Done by Chinese
Artisans.


/ Artisans.
Nothing is wasted in China. The
stones of various fruits and the shells of
nuts are cleaned, dried and carved into
ornaments of the most graceful kind.
Among the stones used are the olive,
plum, peach, lai-chee and cherry and
/ of the shells, the walnut and cocoanut.
The stones are selected with care; each
must exceed q certain standard of size,
proportion, hardness and weight They
are dried slowly and at such heat as
not to crack or sprout, and are then ready
for the carver, says the Jewellers Weekly.
The designer makes rough outline
of the future group or pictures, and
hands it over to his boys or apprentices.
These work with great rapidity and soon
block out the design, cutting through
the hard ligneous tissue and then extract
the kernel
A second treatment now takes place
to dry the interior of the stone, as we'll
as to prevent the fine lining of the in
terror from undergoing decomposition.
This completed, the designer sketches
a second outline and also indicates by
his pencil or brush where the surface is
to be lowered, fretted, made into leaf
work or arabesquery, or to be cut away
altogether. The work is performed by
the subordinates as at first. The de-
signer then does the finishing touches,
after which the assistants clean, polish
and oil or wax the perfected carving.
The stones are sold in this shape to
quite large extent, but more largely
in other forms. Among these may be
mentioned buttons, watch charms,
sleevelinks, earrings and brooches and,
when strung together, bracelets, ank-
let's, necklaces, watch-chains, rosaries
and official ornaments. The price Of
a stone varies greatly with the work
manship and the fame of the carver.
Some may be bought as low as 10 cents
apiece.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
Eranca's Great Scandal

The result of the vote in the Chamber
of Deputies sustaining the new French
Ministry was made up wholly of Repub-
licans. The Monarchists, Boulengerists.
and other elements were all appointed.
The result will open the Panama scandal.
and it is believed many prominent pub.
lie men will be ruined. M. Ribot. the
new prime minister, has promised to act
in concert with it and to assist in throw.
ing full light upon the whole Panama
affair.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
Communication by Signs,

A young woman has been taught a
lesson against all communication by
signs. There were unexpected guests
nt dinner the other night, and her
younger sister sat on one side of the
table beside one of them. The sister
was extremely communicative, and the
older became very nervous as revelation
after revelation concerning family
affairs was made. She finally took to
nudging the offender beneath the table,
but foot pressures, however forcible
and frequent, failed TO stop the chat
terer. After dinner the much-annoyed
young woman demanded, fiercely:
What did you mean by not paying
any attention to my signals? How
dared you 60 on 30 when kept kick
ing you TO make yon stop?"
Whereupon the younger sister looked
mystifed.
Signals? Kicks?" said she; "bu.,
my dear, you didn't kick me"
And the family discipInarian sank
back Imply as she gasped
''Oh, Sara, don't, don't tell me I was
kicking that man T.