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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-12
PLEDGE.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

President-Mrs. l.. S. MOUNT, Grccnvillc.
Corresponding Secretary and state Organic
er-Mrs NJ. |. 1IOsKINs, Lexington.
Recording Secretary-Miss ALICE SHANNON,
Vicksburg.
Assistant Recording Secretary-Miss NJ. L.
Montgomery, Starkville.
Treasurer-Mrs. Z. W. PENTECosT, Columbus.
Organizers NJ. 4. ERWIN, OF Column
bus. and Miss BELLE kEARSEY, Flora.
State Evangelist Mrs. MARY MCGEE SMELL,
Columbus.
Superintendent of Juvenile Work and Demo
rest Medal CONTESTANTS ANNA SIMoNToN,
Shannon.
Superintendent of Young Women's Work
Miss GRACE A. Cox, Columbus.
Associate Superintendent - Miss REBECCA
CARRADINE, Fayette.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-12
A Sad Scene in Court.

What pathetic incidents occur al
most daily in our police coertsi One
morning, short time ago, a woman
was arraigned before justice on
a charge of having been found drunk
in the street the previous night. When
asked if she bad anything to say for
herself, she flushed and trembled, but
looked the judge steadily in the face
as she replied: Il forgot myself and
must bear the consequences" She was
fined five dollars, and was not able to
pay; was about to be conducted to
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-12
Wear the Badge.

Iuka girls do not intend the boys
shall get ahead. One of our Iuka grad
yates now off teaching school writes
back:
II want some information. My little
Temperance Badge has aroused the in
terest of the people in behalf of that
important theme. We want to organ
ize Union and medal contest here"
So the influence of that one ting boc
worn by dear young girls felt among
the people, the seed is silently sown
and our borders are enlarged. God
grant bountiful harvest.
On our way to the w. c. T. U. con-
vention last spring when we changed
cars at Lulu, the whispered queries
were heard, What do those badges
mean ? When the reply was given they
are the W. G. T. u. women going to the
Temperance Convention, soon there
arose discussions here and there
among the men. We heard the
handsomest, most intelligent look
ing man on the train say, "Oh, well,
don't hinder those women, they are
the greatest sufferers from the liquor
traffic and they are doing grand
work.
Oh! the silent influence of this tiny
white bow of ribbon. If every white
ribboner, young and old, would wear it
continually our influence and power
would be greatly increased.
The Iuka Y's have just had a birthday
nose party which proved a financial
success a. well as a source of much
amusement. MRS. .. H. DEAN.
Iuka. Miss.
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In this column will be found an arti-
Gle from our worthy and faithful sis
ter Mrs. S. E. Dean, of Iuka. 1t is worth
your timo to read it carefully and re-
member the influence Of the little
badge.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-12

iThe IRON Tonic IL al
lsrepNrats0a Of Pro-
f0cife of IRON. E1erss-
s'i0H Bark, aud l,1aOs-
HhUfoS, associates
scffh the Vegetable
Anomalies. ~ scs-res
ereru purpose sches.e
va 1ess9c - saecessas-D.j
\ AnugAeTuRfa nI THE On.
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the paper, by the various special offers made,
from time to time. by the publishers
AREYoU FOND OF READING: iI contains
select short stories; interesting matter In all d.
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. AZ Gen.
Neal Dow: 'In All our fight for Prohibition VIC
have no such paper as THE SoiGE;n
ARE You POSTED on the general ne@s ut Gle
week? II not get THE VOICE.
THE VOICE each week contains also large
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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-12
A Tea at GreenvilIe.

On Friday, Nov. 18th, tea was given
at the residence of our State President,
Mrs. Thomas Mount, 10y the w. G. I. u.
of Greenville, Miss.
The meeting was designed to acquaint
the members with the proceedings of
the Worlds Convention of the w. c. L.
U. at Chicago, and the papers read and
subjects discussed awakened interest
and inquiry among our members and
the visitors present.
Our local president, Mrs. r. Somer-
vile, being absent on account of ill
ness, the meeting was opened with read
ing of the Scriptures by Mrs. Hawks.
A paper was read by Miss Susie Trigg
on the Affiliated Interests of the w. c.
7. u, putting before us the workings
of the Woman's Temperance Publish
ing Association, the Woman's Temple
and the Hospital at Chicago.
Mrs. G.. A. Klein read from the Con
vention number of the Union Signal a
TtDOTb MISS OtoSlt Oii
the use of ,opium in China and India;
and that rare poem by Mary t. Lathrop,
"Woman's Hour" was read by Miss
Beale.
Songs appropriate to the occasion
were sung Prayer was offered by Mrs.
Spivey. The members were given the
privilege of inviting friend.
The meeting was we'll attended and
was full of enthusiasm.
We must not fail to mention the fact
that our State flag and the banner
bearing portrait of Miss Frances Will
lard graced the occasion.
After the exercises of the evening
were concluded luncheon was served
which was conducted on a very unique
plan. To prevent giving our hostess
any trouble each member was required
to bring her own lunch, and a cup and
saucer, and the hostess served tea. All
we're delighted with the meeting and
we expect to have another soon at the
residence of Mrs Kretchmar.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-12

my labor was exceedingly bun
The contrary, was followed by
IRON TONIC, from which | re-
found that my natural fores
ng 1t ] have done twice the To-
ase. With the tranquil nerve
1.-THE Tonic has not done the
Christian Church, Troy, O.
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The following is contributed by Miss
Lily Chenowith, an earnest worker in
the Flower Mission Dept. of Holly
Springs w. C. r. u:
"Wondrous truths, and manifold as wondrouS,
God hath written in those stars above;
But not less in The bright tloweretS under us,
Stands,the revelation of his love"
Truly God did show his love to man
when he carpeted this old earth with
flowers. But while so many of us en-
joy this great blessing, we should re-
member that there are thousands who
would rarely see flower if it we're not
for the kindness of others. This is why
the flower mission is such an import
ant branch of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. There is such a
large field for this grand work in our
crowded cities; and so many hearts are
gladdened by the message these sweet
flowers bring.
To the prisons and hospitals, to the
sick, suffering, and sorrowing, every
where, go these flowers, sent by the
Flower Mission, each bearing card on
which is painted a verse of Scripture,
telling of Gods love, His sorrow for
sin, and His ready forgiveness.
Although our town is small, there
has been a good work done in the Flow
er Mission, during the past Summer
and Autumn.
Surely He who said, "Insomuch as ye
have done it unto one of the least of
these, my brethren, We have done it unto
me-" will bless the efforts that are being
put forth in this branch.
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next year. You will not regret it.
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26

Poets and nursery rhymesters alike
have encouraged the notion that the
cock crows only at break OF day. They
talk of chanticleer. proclaiming the
dawn, and so forth; but as a matter
of fact-though it is quite true this
bright particular barndoor fowl is
very fond OF saluting the dawn-the
cock likes to hear the sound OF his
melodious voice at all hours. There
Is one simple device, however, by
which even he can be reduced to COM
plete and acceptable silence. The
bird cannot crow unless he is able to
stand erect and raise his head to the
fullest extent Now, if a plank. or
even lath, be placed above his perch
so that he cannot gain an upright po-
sitiOn, he cannot possibly lift up his
voice, but, on the contrary, must as
Sam Weller expressed 1t, remain
'dumb as drum with a hole in it !"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26

INDIA must be making amazing
scientific strides if we are to believe
some recent reports. An effective
rain persuader Is the latest alleged
achievement, in India, although it
should be stated that the invention is
an outcrop of European brains A
rocket, ascending mile, and dis
charging reservoir of ether, caused
absorption Of heat, lower temperature,
condensation of moisture, and Of
course, rain. This is at least more
scientific than the prevalent methods
OF reinforcing in India Rain fakirs
are a social feature there. Groups
of them go about, in the parched
districts, Offering to force rainfall
for u stated price. One of the fakirs
is tied up by the heels to cross
beam, and his partners go through
all sorts of antics while he sways
backward and forward. II rain comes
within the prescribed time the fakirs
get many shekels, and if failure at
tends their efforts, they quietly steal
away
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26

A NEW enterprise of some account
is looming up. 1t is the farming out
OF railroad damage suits. Three years
ago the officers OF one Of the trunk
lines asked firm of lawyers what
sum they would take to defend the
road in all suits arising from death,
accident, and destruction Of property,
and pay the damage in case of loss.
The lawyers named figure, and have
since relieved the officers of all anxiety
and, virtually of responsibility. Their
undertaking, like insurance, is some
what speculative but they have killed
so many suits in the courts and have
compromised on such advantageous
terms in Other cases that they have
made large profit Other roads have
followed suit within year or so, and
now several firms of lawyers are de-
voting themselves to this work A
road that hardly includes three hun
dred miles OF track is understood to
pay $65, 900 year as an insurance
against damage suits
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26
Couldn't Speak German.

A lady from Buffalo (says the
Bazaar had quite an experience in
.arge Berlin hotel. She was 'doing"
the continent alone with her two
children, without being able tospeak
4 word Of any language except her
native tongue. One night, having
retired early with the little ones, she
was suddenly awakened by pecliar
noise. which she soon became con-
vinced was caused by some one try
ing to open the door between her
room and the adjoining. She got up
quickly, turned on the electric light,
and rang the bell. The sound at the
door ceased suddenly, and after a
delay a man appeared to answer the
bell "Speak English?" (the usual
question:. II shpeaks hem lettle,"
was the reply. "There is some ono
in the next room trying to open my
door," eXcitedly. mo; he is out"
positively. ''But there is some one
there-.a robber, a burglar-don't you
understands" "He is oudt! He will
be cen at halluf-past zwelf" "No-a
robber! burglar! thief-a thief, I
tell you-a thief in the next roomv
"Vell." meditatively, II do not t'ink
he ees t'ief, but he ees oudt. He
will be cen at halluf-past zwelf, and
observation-disclosures
tO-See-heem."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26
Japanese English.

1.-THE japanese Students" says an
American teaching in that country.
'are fond of using long, high-sound-
ing words One day l told the story
Of Jack and the Beanstalk' to one of
my classes of young men and asked
them to reproduce it in writing. l
used the simplest possible English in
order to make it easy for them to I'M
derstand. and what was my surprise
when came TO correct the papers to
find the first one I took up began as
follows: 'Once upon time there
lived a poor widow who for certain
pecuniary considerations was obliged
to sell her cow Another one wrote:
Jack said to the fairy: ''Please tell
me the way to the nearest hotel;"'
and still another wrote, the giant
said to the hen that laid the golden
egg; "Borned an egg. Borned an
other same way."' A student asked
one of the teachers in our theological
school to please teach him idiotic'
English. A student in some other
school was asked to make a transla-
tion of the proverb. Out of sight, out
Of mind This was the result The
blind are insane"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26
Queen VictOria's Butter Sales.

Queen Victoria not only has butter,
cream, and milk from her own royal
diaries. but she sometimes turns a
pretty penny by the sale of these com.
modities when her Italian journeys
diminish for the time palace use Of
them.
During her recent absence both
cream and butter were bought up by
London dairy company. They dis
posed of the butter at 40 cents a
pound-a much smaller price than is
asked in New York for any especial
brand" of the article.
AS for the thick yellow cream from
Windsor, it commanded almost any
price.
All the pats of butter were stamped
with the royal arms, so that one was
assured that they had in reality come
from farms in Windsor Park or
these farms the two principal ones
were established by George ILL.,,
otherwise "Farmer George" and
they used to be known az the Nor
folk and the Flemish farms, from the
different systems employed in treat
ing the different soils.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26

MAX MULLER, the veteran philol-
ogist, has given the theOsophists a
very hard nut to crack. In an arti-
Gle in the Nineteenth Century be
asserts that the esoteric Buddhism
preached by Nine. Blavatsky never
existed in India and that the woman
who was for so many years the high
priestess Of this theosophy was under
the influence Of designing Hindoos
who preyed upon her credulity this
being easy because of her ignorance
OF the two languages in which the
canonical books Of Buddhism are
written or course this does not
prove that she was not controlled by
unseen spirits, who know more than
was ever communicated to mortals
before the advent of "H. p. b" and
enlightened her in proportion to her
capacity, or corporosity, as the case
may be. Yet this saving clause is
not worth much when it is remem-
bered that in all the history of the
so-called theosophy no independent
witness has ever been present to test
and attest the claim that living
beings can hold communion with
spirits or to be convinced OF the ex-
istence Of Mahatma. The whole
Of it rests upon the most unsub-
stantial basis that can be conceived
of If the claim by Max Muller be true.
for the references BY the Madame to
Thibet and other lands than India,
as contributing to the lore Of hel
books. supply but very small part o.
the framework on which her theory
has been erected.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26

much luck yisterd'y, an only slashed
the pods out O. ten. They're good
uns, though. OF to be with 10 cents
pair, cap'n.'
eyes Those picturesque hunters
who risk their lives on the trail of
the musk deer in Central Asia noun
tains can do better by packing their
grips and coming over here and chas-
ing the willy muskrat on the Jersey
marshes. They might have to wear
more Clothes but they'd get more
musk and find market right under
their noses. Yes my son. The ef-
fete orient is no place for the musk
hunter nowadays The robust occi-
dent beckons him and he had better
come. He needn't fetch his spear
with him. He can get one here for
SO cents
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26
He Was the Other Sullivan.

It is Sir Arthur Sullivan himself
who in Mr.. Willeby's memoir tells
how, when he was travelling on a
stage coach in a rather wild part of
California, and was about to stop at a
certain camp of miners for refresh
ment, his self.esteem was gratified
by the observation of his driver,
''They expect you here, Mr.. Sulli.
van."
The announcement was confirmed
when, coming across knot OF prom
inent citizens at the whisky store,
the foremost of the group came up to
a burly bystander and inquired.
"Are you Mr.. Sullivan?"
NO." replied the burly man, while
he pointed at the English traveller
The citizen looked at the stranger
rather contemptuously and said:
"Why. how much do you weight"
This seemed curious method of
gauging the powers of composer,
but he received the prompt answer,
about 1852 pounds"
SWELL" returned the man, sthat's
odd to me, anyhow. Do you mean to
say that you gave fits to John S.
Blackman in Kansas City?"
'No, did not give him f1ts," was
the reply.
Comforting further. it proved that
the person expected was Sullivan,
the prize fighter. 1t appeared. how
ever that the musicians fame had,
in a dim sort of way. reached that
remote settlement, for this ''promi-
nent CITIZEN" in an outburst of
cordial hospitality, finally exclaimed:
30, Arthur Sullivan! What. are
you the man that put 'Pinafore to.
gether?" News.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26
The Dwarf.

Henry ~. of France kept four
dwarfs, Pierrc Raphael, Dennis, and
Guillaume. One of the kings OF Po-
land had one nicknamed Bebe, who
was such a mite of child that a
wooden shoe, lined with hay, served
him for cradle, and he had to wear
dolls clothes. Bebe's father was
poor peasant, and he was not sorry to
part with the little creature for a
good sum of money; so Bebe went to
court, and the ladies made fuss
with him and sometimes tried to
steal him.
Once he went out walking, ana
was chased by the crowd. who wanted
very much to examine him closely.
He ran down a side street and sud-
denly disappeared. Nowhere could
they find him, they went up ana
down hunting for him.
When they were tired OF the search
they went away, and Bebe came out
of his hiding-place. Where do you
think he had been? Why, he had
crept into a big top-boot that was
standing close to the door OF a shoe
makers shop
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-26
HOW DRUGGISTS GET MUSK,
The Swimming Rodent of the Jerss
Meadows Ii the Source of Supply.

The Swimming Rodent of the Jersey
Meadows Is the Source of Supply.
GAS to the musk, now." said the
young man man in search of infOrma-
ti0n, II dare say that the race of
fragile but aromatic little deer from
which musk is obtained must be
nearly extinct by this time, is it not?"
"Well," replied the frank druggist,
says the New York Sun. mot the
fragile and aromatic little deer that
furnishes the musk l sell. That
fragile and aromatic little deer isn't
any nearer extinction now than he
was when he first began to dive and
burrow, and that was way back in
the pristine years"
why" exclaimed the young man
in search of information, 1.-THE animal
that supplies the musk Of commerce
lives among the palm-clad hills Of
Central Asia, where picturesque
native hunters follow its tiny track,
risking their lives and undergoing
great toll and hardship to secure the
almost intlnltesimal sac which en-
velopes the precious perfume, and by
painful journeys of miles and miles
bearing it to the marts of trade,
where it is sold for many times its
weight in gold. Everybody knows
that"
eyes" replied the druggist "pve
heard of that. But the way l find
the facts is different. The animal
that supplies the musk OF commerce
around these parts lives largely in
those luXuriant realms of bog and
malaria known as the Jersey marshes.
where the following of its trail is at
tended with no risk of life, no toll.
no hardship, that l ever heard of.
never knew it to be attended with
much of anything but a jug of rum
and long-handled spear. The hunt
ers are picturesque, though. An old
fur cap, a large chew OF tobacco ooz.
ing over an unprotesting red chin
whisker. and pair Of gum boots
filled with the legs of hickory overalls
and long, lank Jerseyman-that
ought to pass for picturesque, hadn't
it? But nOAe Of the hunters ever
said anything to me about an inf1ni-
tesimal sac enveloping precious per-
fume, nor even complained about
having to journey many painful miles
and miles to reach the marts Of trade,
nor have any recollection of their
demanding many times its weight In
gold for the precious perfume. Not
any hunters that ever dealt with.
They just jumped aboard ferry boat,
landed on this side, and hoofed it uI
here. and chucking on the counter
what they had to sell, said:
There We he, cap'n. Dind't he,