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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
TYPICAL KANSAS TOWN.
Fine Showing Made by Prohibition Towns
In the State.

Fine Showing Made by Prohibition Towns
In the State.
Three shots fred at the roofiess and
tottering walls of an old brewery. and
three cheers from the Yankee school
ma'am, were among the closing acts of
our boys in blue at grand army re-
union held at Marysvillc, Kan The new
brewery as it was called (for this
place had two before the good days of
prohibition), the site of which is now
in the heart of the city. was torn down
several years ago and now two cozy,
beautiful homes occupy the ground.
Who can estimate the happiness this
world will possess when all breweries
share the fate of these two?
Marysville, with about 5000 inhabit-
ants is the county seat of Marshall
county, one of the most prosperous
counties in Kansas. The town is clean
and orderly; the streets and pavements
are well kept An elegant new court
house, costing over $4,000, crowns n
rise on the principal business street,
and a large, we'll built brick school
house stands on the highest hill, from
which the surrounding country for
miles can lie viewed. Shaded streets,
comforta BILE homes, surrounded by
green lawns, flowers and vines are the
rule.
OF six prisoners in the Jail, one is a
boy of thirteen years, who is to be
taken to the reform school, and four
are prisoners for violating the prohilb-
itory law. The wife of county of
fetal told me she did not know of a
| family needing assistance. In Council
Grove, county seat of Morris county, at
the last term of court there was
not one criminal case. There were on
ly two inma tes of the Jail and those in
sane men, while house breaking and
assault We're unknown. In Washing
ton there are only two Jail birds, one
of them for stealing chickens, All
over the state hotel offices are clean
and respectable, and lady can sit in
them any. time and read the papers as
in parlor. Let high license states
watch these facts if they can. Verify
prohibition prohibits distress in fami-
| lies, the wasting of homes, the increase
of crime and the filling of jails.-M. Ii.
| Grafton in n. Y. Voice.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
The Horse Question"

English military leaders are begin
ming to urge a reform in what is known
as ''the horse question. In 1878, when
the army required 1000 transport
horses, it was found necessary to import
1900 from France. In 1882 it took
/, ZOO of the useful beasts. In the first
month of a serious war it is estimated
that 5000 horses would be needed BY
the various brances of the British serv-
ice; !, 800 is the utmost that the homo
market could supply.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
THAT SPECKLED HEN.
A Thrilling Account of Mrs. Pancksley's
Thanksgiving Dinner.

Thanksgiving Dinner.
Time, Thanksgiving day. eighteen
hundred and what at's-the-diffcrence.
Place, the sitting-room of snug lit
tie dwelling in an interior village far
enough from the madding crowd to be
free from gas bills, anarchists and
aldermen.
Fiercely ragged the storm outside.
The wild November blasts howled and
shrieked through the tree-tops, tie
overhanging boughs rasped the side of
the house as if fling notice of an in
tention to take lien on the premises,
and on the rug before the ample fire.
place the yellow dog that saved the
household the bother and expense of a
garbage barrel moaned and grumbled
in his sleep as if something he had
eaten lay heavily on his conscience.
In an ample rocking chair of the An
drew Jackson period sat bolt upright
an elderly, hard-featured, silent woman
with iron-rimmed spectacles and red
hair. With her hands clasped over one
knee and her lips drawn tightly to-
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
South Americas Material for Paper.
Detroit Free Press


South America is not a continent
where newspapers flourish, but that
country will take care that those who
like their dailies will not have to go
without from any lack of material on
which to print them. Venezuela alone
could supply the world with paper.
A correspondent of The Springfield
Republican writes about it from Car
acas. He says: THE tough fiber of the
maguey leaf, the very fine white fiber
of the plantain, the tough tule-rush of
the lagoons, and the filamentous alacle
are all available for this purpose. There
are also worthy of mention the palms,
henos, izotes, and several urticeas; the
huinare masahnal, 'pochote,' cuanla-
huac, and many other species, all find
ing favored home here, and growing
as weeds over large districts.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
HOW The EYEBROWS ARE READ.
Suggestive Results Of Observation Mad,
by a student of Signs of Character.
ITid-Rits

Suggestive Results Of Observation Made
by a student of Signs of Character.
GTid-Bits
The following suggestive results of
observation are contributed by student
of the various outward manifestations
of character:
Eyebrows that are far apart show
warmth, frankness, impulse, and a
generous, unsuspicious nature. Where
they meet, the owner will be ardent in
love, but lealous and suspicious. Eye
brows which are higher at starting, and
pass in long, sweeping lines over the
eyes, dropping slightly downward at the
termination, give artistic feeling and a
sense of beauty in form.
When they are very close to the eyes,
forming one line on strongly defined
cyclones, they indicate strength of will
and determination. Strongly marked
at the commencement, and terminating
abruptly without sweeping past the
eyes, they reveal an irascible and
impatient nature.
The slightly arched eyebrows are in
dcative of scnsitiveness and tenderness
If straight at the commencement and
slightly arched at the temples, they
show firmness of purpose and tender
ness of heart. The eyebrows of per-
sons who are deficient in the science of
figures are very much raised at the ter
minaton, leaving wide space between
them and the corners of the eyes. II
they are close to the eyes at the end, it
is an almost invariable sign of mathe-
matical talent.
When the eyebrows are of the same
color as the hair, we may look for firm.
ness, resolution, and constancy, but if
lighter than the hair, they signify weak.
ness and indecision; if darker, the
temper is ardent, passionate and in
constant.
When the hair is ruffled and growing
in contrary directions it accompanies an
energetic, easily irritated nature. The
hair is fine and soft when the disposi.
ton is ardent but tender. Short hairs
lying closely together and leaning one
way show firm mind, and good, un
erring perceptions. Eyebrows whose
hair is bent downward, almost meeting
the eyelashes when the eyes are raised
indicate tenderness and melancholy
The nearer they are to the eyes the more
earnest, deep, and firm the character
The more remote, the more volatile and
less resolute.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
A D'Hsreuce In CaIiber.

ILNhIOu NOr. Chci igO Irlbune.I
Has it ever occurred to you how the
difference in the fineness of ealiber as
between English people and Americans
might be noticed in the slang OF the
two countries! The American slang is
always witty and seldom coarse The
English slang is seldom witty and al.
WAYS coarse Witness: '.beastly, "
nasty" rot, ;" "fuke" heard an in.
dignant Briton-a lord-speak of those
sinking little German princes" and,
although l sympathized with him, l
was conscious of an inward shudder at
that horribly suggestive word.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
The Cash Account Balanced.
Detroit Free Press.

'What are you doing down town at
this time of uight9" asked one pedes.
train of another in front of the city
hall at 10 o'clock the other night.
Been working at my books down at
the office"
What allied 'em"
''My cash account wouldn't balance.
Old Smith was looking over the books
this afternoon, and he said he'd give
me till tomorrow noon to see that cash
balanced cash-on- hand account"
Can you find the error?'
ooh, I've found it and made every
thing balance. brought $39.65 down
from the house, you knowr'
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
A Colony Of Enthusiasts
Chicago Herald

Near Walla Walla, W. T., is a colony
of religious enthusiasts 'sho call their
organization the Kingdom of Heaven on
Earth. They practice polygamy, believe
in the transmigration of souls, and
claim that David, Solomon, Moses, John
the Baptist and st. Peter have boon born
again and are now in the colony, and
that they will soon commence a career
of conquest and subdue the world. They
hold property in common. There are
very few Americans among them.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

An English journal tells of the prowess
of one Sir Victor Brooke. who recently
went rabbit shooting in the deer parks
at Colebrook. He had eight ''beaters"
and two keepers, and the rabbits "were
walked up in line in fern and rushes. !"
Sir Victor killed TAG, missing on an
average only nine out of every 100 of
the poor little creatures, who were thus
almost literally dragged up to his feet.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
NO. 26.
SLEEPING
w. J. Henderson.

wv. J. Henderson,
6,sep, little eyes; slip down dark fringsS
Over the depths so wistful wise;
And cover those changeful soft gray ting0
Full Of the glory of autumn skies.
Sleep, little mouth, and smile in ,leeping
Soft as the wind that floats from the
South.
Who knows what trembling sighs are leap.
ing
Blind thy barriers elosed, sweet mouth
But oh, little heart, sleep never, wake ever,
And wait for the love that shall never
die.
That not even Death from thee shall sever;
For whom will it bloom, little hear1 l.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
Valuable Crystalline Coating.
New Orleans Times-Democratl


A valuable crystalline coating for
wood or paper may obtained, it is
stated, by mixing very concentrated
cold solution of salt with dextrine, and
laying the thinnest coating of the fluid
on the surface to be covered by means
of broad soft brush. After driving,
the surface has a beautiful, bright,
mother of-pearl coating, which in con
sequence of the dextrine, adheres firmly
to paper and wood. The coating may
be made adhesive to glass by doing it
over with an alcoholic shellac solution.
Sulphate of magnesia, acetate of soda,
and sulphate of tin are among the salts
which produce the most attractive
crystalline coatings. Paper must first
be sized, otherwise it will absorb the
liquid and prevent the formation OF
crystals.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
SUBSCRIPTION, s1oo PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
sY THE HEARrHSToNE
daniel l.. Milliken.l

Daniel l.. Milliken.l
he hearthstone frs burns warm am
bright
And, sitting in its mellow light
[ count of pleasures and OF gain.
And find that woman rules the train
or circumstance, small and great,
That go to build mans best estate.
We link our joys that sweeten life,
With mother, sister, lover, wife;
These words, when wed to homs and
heaven
"The sweete3t are to mortals given"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
A Willow Farm.

A willow farm in Macon, Ca, pro
duces about ton of switches to the
acre, commanding, when dried, 5000,
and, as the leaves and bark sell at 25
cents pound baled, the enterprise pays
better than cotton. !,
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

Jud Lafagan: Those who have won
success generally brag about it less
than others who have had all the symp-
toms, and can tell you how all success
full people happened to obtain it.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

Bloobumper-I suppose You win re-
pair to your place of worship on
Thanksgiving day, as the president
recommends in hts proclamation.
Spatts-Yes, expect to eat my din
ner on that day at my best girls house.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
Evidently.
louisville Courier-Journal.

louisville Courier-JournaLl
'sTi6erius, at his death, left Is, 624, 900
pounds sterling, which Caligula spent
In less than twelve months. Mrs. Cal
igula evidently read the dry-goods ad-
vertisements.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

Mohammedanism has made great
strides in Africa within ths' last fifty
years, and Christian miss ionaries freely
say they will soon have to deal with Il
rather than with paganism.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
III Any Are Alive.

II heard little Johnny say that
Thanksgiving day would be here soon. I"
said young turkey to its mamma.
''Do turkeys have Thanksgiving days.
map"
"Yes, my dear" replied the mamma
turkey. ave will hold ours after the
folks at the house have had theirs-if
we live."-Judge.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
Drunken Soldiers.

The surgeon-general of the United
States army reports that the rate of adj
mission to the army hospitals for alco-
holism alone is now 40 in every 1,000.
In Great Britain alcoholism in the
army is but 2.56; in Italy, the home of
Falernian wine, but 0.03, and in Ger
many but 0. 90 This exhibit is not at
all flattering to the discipline of the.
United States army. 1t is stated that
last year there were 1889 desertions
from the army, suggesting that not in
hospitals alone are the effects of alco-
holism felt If any Cincinnatians doubt
the necessity for the maintenance of a
guard house for the reception of those
who are dipsomaniacs visit to Ft.
Thomas will convince him to the con-
trary. Soldiers looking from behind
grated windows are among the common
sights at that popular resort Military
prisons cost Uncle Sam an annual out
lay of $4,000, and most of the blame
for this lies at the door of alcoholism.
The soldiers have little to do, and an
idle brain was always the DEVILS work.
shop.-Cincinnati Times-Star.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

Births exceed the deaths in the world
b three per minute
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

Hungry Hyslop-Can't you help me q
bit, boss? l hain't had nothin' to be
thankful for to-day.
Mr.. Delmonico Savarin (who has
dined too well)-Be thankful that you
hayen't an indigestionl-Puck.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05
M ~ HAS 1T DONE
I'M CAN 1T DO

The original and only genuine Compound Oxy-
gen treatment that of Drs. Starkey g. Palen, is
a scientific adjustment of the elements-Of OXy-
gen and Nitrogen magnetized; and the compound
Is so condensed and made portable that 1t is sent
all over the world.
1t has been in use for over twenty years;
thousands of patients have been treated, and
over one thousand physicians have used 1t and
recommended t-a very significant fact.
compound Oxygen-Its Mode of Action and
Results" is the title of book of 200 pages.
published by Drs. Starkey & Palen, which give
to all enqurers full information as to this re-
markable curative ageut and good record of
surprising cures in a wide range of chronic
cases-many of them after being abandoned to
die by other physicians.
VIII be mailed free to any address on appli-
cation. DRs. STARkEY u FALLEN.
1920 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
100 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Please mention this paper-novl26m.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

The Methodist Protestant confer
.hce, in session at East Liverpool, o.,
the other day, adopted the following
temperance resolutions:
Resolved, That we look with sus-
piction upon every professor of religion
who refuses to use his political power
for the suppression of the evils of in
temperance; and
'Whereas, Believing that the balance
of power is held by the Christians of
our land; therefore
Resolved, That the evils of intem
perance are largely due TO the criminal
neglect of Christians who fail to dis
charge their political duties at the
POLLS
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

The death rate in Dakota is only avs
Il 1000.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-05

The Mexicans use species OF the
blackberry for curdling milk to make
cheese of.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
A BRITISH MATE.
Shocking Revelation From
the High Seas.
ARRESTED FOR CRUELTY.
The Crew of the Ship Tam O. Shanter
Cause the Arrest of Mate Rich.
ard A. Croker.

Richard A. Croker. second mate of the
American ship Tam O'Shanter. which
arrived from New York on Wednesday
night, was arrested yesterday morning on
charge Of cruelty beating and wounding
Henry Hill, one Of the crew.
Crocker is 6 feet inches in height,
weighs 260 pounds, is a New Yorker by
birth. and looks as though he could fight
his weight in wildcats. He has bad scar
on his left upper lip. 1t is the remnant of
his last fight with Hill, the complainant.
A piece about the size of Ventura bean is
missing. The wound was cauteriZed soon
after he was bitten, but the scar that re-
mains makes the savage-lo looking mate
appear several degrees fiercer than he
would without it.
presents much N ore woeful appearance
Harry Hill bears nine wounds on his head,
five Of which yet remain unhealed. A
piece has been bitten out IF the palm OF his
left hand between the second and third
fingers. Another big mOuthful of flesh
was bitten out of his left arm above the
wrist, and the marks of what he declare S
to he Mate CrOcker's teeth are shown on his
right arm above the wrist. The left nos
tri has also been torn away as lar up S
the bridge Of his nose.
The snip Tam O'Shanter had no sooner
dropped her anchor in the stream off
Meiggs wharf than the crew came ashore
and proceeded straight to the Fed eral
building to state their grievances to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
1T WAS ERRONEOUS
What the Change of One
Letter Cost.
A Telegraph Clerks Mistake i'm a
Dispatch May Cost His COM
pany Some Money.

suit is pending in the Superior Court
which, although 1t involves a compara-
lively small amount of money, is neyerthe-
less important. as it contains certain
charges against an official of a well-known
company.
The action is brought by Wells, Fargo &
Co. 10 recover S31S OF from the Pacific
Postal Cable Telegraph Company for
losses incurred through an error on the
part Of one Of the company's employees
Ii appears, according to the complaint.
that on July &c. 1891, Arson Gorton, Wells
Fargo's agent at Chicago, received in
structions from one r. l.. Kelly to pur-
chase on behalf of Mary A. Kelly 500
shares # the capital stock of the Union
Consolidated Mining Company and 500
shares Of Gould 81 Curry mining stock.
Accordingly GortOn telegraphed to ii.
Wadsworth, the company's treasurer. in
San Francisco. to purchase the amount of
stock required, al the same time remittin g
a money order for an amount covering the
value of the stock -
The telegram was in cipher and read
thus:
CHICAGO, July 20. 1891.
III. WddsWorth. Treasurer Wells, Fargo d.
Co.. San FrGnctsco: Cattle abetia Mary A.
heliy, r. H. Kelly agent beaker Gould Curry
Deakef Union Consolidated blackball beadman
a>hful brad tragedy dtty in homely cabaret
tenant chess ADELE. CollecI.
ANsoN GoRToN, Agent.
By some means or other the messenger
boy VINO took the dispatch, which was
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07

written on Western Union blank, failed
to carry the dispatch to the Western Union
office. but handed it to the receiving clerk
OF the Defendant company. This official i,
the complaint alleges. deliberately tore off
Inc rules and StlpulatlonS attached To the
western Union blank, and, pasting the
part on which the dispatch was written on
one of his own com pany's blanks. trans
mltted the message to San Francisco.
Had the message been received as it was
intended all would have been we'll, and
probably nothing more would have been
said or ever known about the affair. But
unfortunately when Treasurer Wadswortb
read The message, the word beaver" had
been teIegraphed in place of ''be aker."
According to the code used by Wells, Fargo
& Co. the word "beaker" means 500, while
"beaver" signifies 100. Accordingly
Wadsworth purchased 100 shares Of Union
Con. and 100 Of Gould & Curry through a
well-known broker of the city and noti-
fed GortOn in Chicago.
The total sum, including brokerage, paid
for The shares was $685. rs. But on Cor
ton telegraphing from Chicago that mis-
take had been made 1t became necessary to
dispose of 1900 shares Of each stock at once.
This was done, and the amount realized
by the sale, less brokerage. was SOFIA 80,
the stock having deprecated IN value ID
the meanwhile This left the price paid
for the 1000 shares required at S25S1 4S,
whereas their value in the market was
only S2263 Al. Wells, Fargo q Co. COM
plain that they have had to STAND the loss,
as Kelly is entitled to his stock at the mar
ket value on the day OF the transaction,
and they are out of pocket 1913 o. 10
recover this amount. therefore, TIE COM
pany brings suit against the Paclhc Ieie-
graph Company, on the ground that it
alone is responsible for the loss through
the carelessnesS of an official.
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brother Of Lottie. whose child Mrs. Lap
hame is charged to have murdered at her
house on Geary street. Watson it was who
accompanied his sister on her first visit to
Mrs. Laphame, introducing his sister as
his wife, and making all arrangements for
the birth and subsequent adoption OF the
child.
Watson appeared to be excited when he
went on the stand and proved an excitable
witness. Nervousness rendered him un-
able to answer any question without going
through q pantomime. He would look at
the counsel for the prosecution first and
then, failing to gain inspiration, would
look helplessly at the Judge. But be was
extremely cautious and not one word
would pass his lips until Judge Danger
field himself had passed upon the ques-
ton.
AS to his testimony. it merely went to
show that his sister had been in the habit
of paying him frequent visits at his farm
in San Joaquin County, ard that he had
brought his sister to see Mrs. Laphame.
His testimony occupied the balance Of the
DAVIS proceedings.
Some effort is being made by the defense
to get at the name of the man who, it is
alleged, is father of Lottie's child, but up
to now it has not been made known. Mr..
Ferral showed his hand at an early stage
of the proceedings and his contention will
be that the child was poisoned by Lo;tie
Watson and her mother at Mrs. Lap
names house.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
Wong Yee Unsurpassed.

Captain Dunevy ana Detective Eagan
of the harbor police discovered yesterday
that Wong zee, who was arrested some
days ago for conducting a lottery game
back of the What Cheer stables on Pacific
street, was making preparations to go into
business again.
The willy Celestial bad constructed
trapdoor in the floor of his room, which is
reached by an underground passage be-
meath the stable. He had everything ar
ranged 20 commence operations when the
officers discovered his trick Yee was
arrested and taken to the North Harbor
station.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
SACRAMENTO WINS.
Oakland Beaten by a Score of Seven
to Five.

SACRAMENTO. July 6.-The second half
of the baseball season opened here to-day
under favorable circumstances. An audi
ence of about 400 gathered at Snowflake
Park to witGess the opening game between
Sacramento and Oakland. 1t was splen-
didly played game, the homo team carry
ing off the honors Oakland started out
with rush, making four hits and scoring
four runs in the first inning Harper then
steadied down, and the best the visitors
could do after was three scattering hits.
netting but one run. Horner pitched a
good game for the Oaklands. sending but
one man to first on balls and allowing but
nine hits Following Is the score: