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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
. alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
1factured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

THE ancients knew how to cheat.
Loaded dice have been found in the
ruins of Herculaneum.
REV. DIR. RAINsFOBD, a well-known
Episcopal clergyman, has been chosen
president of the New York Cricket as
ISOLATION.
WEST VIRGINIA has girl hunter
whose aim Is death to bears. She has q
record of seven large animals of the
bruin family during the past year.
HOWARD GOULD lost over two thou
sand dollars in a poker game on the
steamer tt at brought him back to New
York. 1t vas won by German baron.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

- CdulC oue vi ehS W. ~
ner widespreading, pleasant home to
bid her guest a hospitable adieu. 1t
was a custom the genial judge, her
father, had taught her.
To-day the wide porch was place
for lingering. The warm spring sun
shine made Pickering tracings of the
leafiess vines upon the stained floor. A
straight marble walk led from the en-
trance to the steep village street. OPP
posite, was well-kept, pillared man
sion. Beyond, the eye looked down
into a narrow valley, filled with streets
of pleasant homes that ran up the
slopes beyond to the railroad tracks
and station. One or two long, many
Widowed mills with their flocks OF
wooden houses about them, all garish
in yellow paint, told of the industries
of the little village. There was a
glimpse beside one mill of sheet of
falling water like glistening silver.
THE lines have fallen to you in
pleasant places" the caller said. softly,
taking in all the promise of the sweet
spring day and longing to speak COM
fort But Miss Isabel made no assent
A small boy came up the white walk
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
Miss isabel IL as proud and anxious %
anv mother In the land.


any mother In the land.
But they are not all. In the sunny
bedroom off the sitting-room, q sweet
faced old lady lies among her pillows,
and, almost helpless from rheumatism
rs she is, everyone In the house comes
tn her for comfort and advice. She has
outlived all near relatives, and there
had been for her only an Old Ladies'
home in a strange city when Miss Isa-
bel took her in" And in the kitchen
an old man feebly totters about, or
waits In restful quiet by the window.
II Is a distant cousin of David who
has no one to care for his infirmities.
"A giving spirit is q dreadful grow
ing thing" Martha says. "If you once
let it in, it's like yeast a-spreading and
spreading until the whole batch is full
of it."
Miss lsabel's reward is already great:
"For there is no debtor in the world so
honorable, SO superbly honorable, as
love, Howe Genning, In Chicago Ad-
vance
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
Hoods
Sarsap arilIa

Removes the cause by purifying and en-
riching the blood, giving to it Just those
qualities which are demanded for the
proper support Of the nervous system.
Hundreds of women who once suffered
from nervousness, write that they have
taken Hoods Sarsaparilla and nervousness
has disappeared. This was because Hoods
Sarsaparilla pur fled their blood.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
AK Aid.

II you arc troubled with malaria, constipa-
ton, biliousness, kidney trouble or dyspep
STA, of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and II
will be speedily forthcoming. Nervousness
loss of appetite and sleep, and loss OF wig
Physicians Of emipence indorse 1t, q valu.
able confirmation of the verdict of the PEG.
pie and the press. Take it regularly.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

DOLLY FERGUSON II the name of an
old colored lady who resides near Car
rollton, Md. She was born in Buchan-
an county. Va, August 0, TIT. and Is
therefore in the one hundred and e3gh-
tecnth year Of her age
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
The wife at Easter.

She pretends 1t Is love.
But 1t means a new bonnet.
Why kind as dove?
4 She pretends IL Is love,
But l ans above
All such guile and frown on 10.
She pretends IL Is love.
But IL means new bonnet.
flames jay o'cennsil, IN Judge
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

PRESIDENT FAuHE Of France takes o
good deal Of pride In the dinner he
gives at the Elysee. He has one OF the
best chefs in Paris, and his wine cellar
Is well stocked with rare vintageA He
is not gourmet himself, but he takes
great pleasure In hearing epicures
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

woor-''I'm awfully behind in my read.
ing.n Van Pelt-"How's that" Wool-"l
got switched off on 'Trilby,' and now I'm
behind on at least nine or ten new lives OF
Napoleon. IN. Y. World.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
2ewars ~ Oiutments for Catsrrh Tina
Contain Mercury,

2swars ~ Oiutmelts for Catsrrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
,ous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from rep
1table physicians, as the d, mage they will do
is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure man
ufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury, and is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sureyou get the gen.
aine. 1t is taken internally. and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney d Co. Test.
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle
Halls Family Pills. IS cents.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
Strong Nerves

Depend upon pure, rich, rcd, uourishine,
strengthening blood. The nerves derive
their sustenance from the blood and when
they are weak it is because they do not re-
ccive the nourishment needed. The true
cure for nervousness win not be found in
opiate or sedative compounds. These only
allay the symptoms.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

FoRTY-NIyrH Friend (since breakfast time)
"My, Morton, what dreadful cold you've
got. What are you taking for lit" Morton
(hoarsely)-"Advice" -Truth.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

AwRrrER says that the sense of humor very
rarely exists in children under twelve years
old. This writer evidently has never seen Q
five year-old child prying open the eyes OF q
four-days-old kitten.-Texas Siftings.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

"TABtR cots" has followed The
spread of the real game. A board b
marked out with six holes and hazards
of varying nature, and the moves 70
ward the putting greens are decided
by q pack Of cards played according 70
certain rules which accompany the
Oame
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

IT WONDER why that sensible Miss An
tique allies herself with this New Woman
movement" perhaps she has heard her.
self alluded to as an old an."-Harpers
Bazay'.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

WAGES -"Did you have q fine time last
nighti' Jaggs-'sNo, had 1t this morn.
ing. Ten dollars fine; three dollars costs"
philadelphia Inquirer.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

The total depravity man, who drops In
occasionally, says he knows a good many
people, but not many good people.
Courier.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

THE devil keeps the weak-hearted from
starting for Heaven by making them believe
the way Is all up hill.-Ram's Horn.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

"MEN become what they eat," said Prof.
Graham. "Then l suppose pugilists are de-
veloped from diet of scraps," replied q
forward student.-Harlem Lifo.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

JAcK-"Not married yeti thought you
were going to marry q rich girl" Algernon
(dejcctedly)-''So did l."
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

IT is the young woman with the new suit
who first discovers that we are having an
early sprip9.-Boston Transcript.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

THE world owes US all living, yet no man
can collect the debt unless he pulls of his
coat and takes it from the worlds hide
Texas Siftings.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

sIF could only" she exclaimed, "get il
through my head" She gazed at the large
hat pin and wondered how she was going tc
fasten her new street bonnet in place.-De
troit Tribune.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

THE woman who is proud Of her back hair
does not require EIuch urging to play some
thing on the piano.-Boston Transcript.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

"WHY on earth is Mrs. Robertson study
ing lawf' 'She Intends hereafter to secure
her own divorces. "-Brooklyn Life.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

To SEE bridegroom out in the yard early
In the morning in his shirt sleeves looking
for kindling takes q good deal Of the ro-
nance out OF his caso.-Atchison Globe.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

AN Irisman's definition Of wit-"Wit Is
the lava which comes from the mouth OF Q
lively crater '"-Tt-Bits.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure Is q
successful remedy.-M. I. DIETER, ~ Throop
Ave-, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. IA, ~.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

"DoN'T pull yer gun in this here court
said the Judge. You've got to respect the
dignity what yoh see lynn roun' loose here,
an if you kill man while courts in session
Pll fine you fer contenptp'' Atlanta Consti.
fntinn
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

THE silent watches Of the night-thost
thai are run down.-Philadelph Record.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

PEOPLE who are satisfied with themselves
seldom please anybody else.-Milwaukee
Journal
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

An Indiana court has fixed the price OF
stolen kisses In that state at $3.50. But
what is the use Of stealing 'eml-Toledo
Blade.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09

KIND hearts are moro than corone,s.n
But somehow with the bellies.
In choosing mates for life, tits
The coronet that tells.
Washington Sta,
"DAa aw only one day in de yah. " All.
Uncle Eben, "yhen folks orter lool !, .Ssa ~
dahk side OBJ life, end OATS 'Msncips,;ooss
day. Washington btar. pssoe
~ SEE that Hoyt IL going 10 have his nav
play .vaccinated." what forr' ssTo Nv
whether It will take or not. Truth.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
Hoods Sarsaparil!a
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
By purifying the blood, it gives nerve
mental, digestive and bodily strength
HooJ,c Dill the after-dipner pill and
llOCu > lliS family cathartic 25c,
500 AERMOToRs

We do not attribute this fairly good record entirely to our ef
BussILL 4 DAVIS. Urbana. ILL., February Is, 1895"
GEETLEnEs We bought and put up Aermotor No 2, and
out Of the fifty which you made had thirteen. Since
that time we have sold about
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-04-09
Weak and Worn Out

Close confinement causes thin, depleted
blood, and that tired feeling. Hoods Sar-
Baparilla gives pure blood, appetite and
strength. A well known telegraph oper-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

THE screen in the saloon door means
that the devil can sometimes be
ashamed of himself.-Ram's Horn.
TwENTY-oNE temperance associations
have been formed in India during the
past winter, with an enrolment of
1000 new members.
The devil fights hard for the saloon,
because he knows that while it re-
mains open he can stay loose, Rams
Horn.
The reason some men can't make
both ends meet is because they are too
bully engaged making one end drink.
ALCOHOL is not only poison, with
special affinity for the brain, but it is
a poison with fshhook barb-it can
only go in; it can not be pulled out
without tearing the flesh. - Joseph
Cook.
The legislature of South Carolina
has passed a scientific temperance in
struction law. This reduces the num-
Der of states without such law to
four.
The farmers around Sacred Heart,
Mimi, evidenced their desire for no
licence in that town by pledging them
selves not to sell grain nor buy sup
plies there if the village went license.
THE twenty-second annual meeting
of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will be held in
Baltimore, Md, October IS to 90. Miss
Willard will preside at the conven-
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
STILL INSPIRED.
While Insane Susan Mountfort Played
Ophelia with Heart-Rending Pathos.
An Ophelia actually mad, chanting

While Insane Susan Mountfort Played
Ophelia with Heart-Rending Pathos.
An Ophelia actually mad, chanting
her pathetic song and uttering her sad
words with all the realism of genuine
insanity!
1t was weird sight, and one that
chilled the blood of spectators, as they
gazed in silence upon the uncanny
scene.
They all recognized the actress and
realized the situation. Poor Susan
Mountfort, the former bright actress
of Lincoln's Inn Fields, in her insanity
had escaped from her custodian, and,
with the recollection of her former
career teeming through her distracted
brain, had made straight for the play
house. Then with all the cunning of
an insane person, the woman had mid
den for time behind the wings, while
her former associates carried on the
play of Hamlet" But just at the
moment the Ophelia of the evening was
to enter for the mad scene Susan
Mountfort, selling her by the arm to
push her back from the entrance,
sprang forward in her place, and with
wild eyes and wavering motion rushed
upon the stage uttering the words:
They bore him barefaced to the bier;
Hey no nonny, nonny hey nonny."
For moment the spectators were
amazed. AS they began to realize the
situation murmur ran through the
house and then came the strained ST.
lence of wonderment and perplexity.
Magnificent was the acting. In her
sane days Susan Mountfort had been a
good 0phelia and now she threw into
the part such intensity of action and
such terrible mental effort as to render
the character overwhelmingly vivid.
But it was mercy when friends gen
thy led her away from the footlights.
| Her vitality was entirely exhausted by
the effort and her death was fastened
This was the sad story of one Ophelia.
To describe all the Ophelias of the
stage would be unnecessary, even il
possible, since the role has never been
regarded by any actress as her ulti
mate goal. 1t has either served as al
intermediary, while players were win
Ling their way to fame in the support
| of eminent Hamlets, or it has beer
awarded to actresses who were fount
w&nting and quietly fell into obscurity
shakespeare Heroines on the Stage
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
ALMOST LOST HIS MILLIONS.
Got Back His Fortress just Before the
Secret Holder Died.

Secret Holder Died.
When up-country last year l heard
that Chowringhee Lall, manager tc
Lalla Muttra Pershaud, was in Gwali-
or on some temporary business, and
called on him, as an old friend, at a
place in the Lushkar where he was re-
siding.
We discussed the action of govern
nent in closing the minis, and ] asked
his opinion about the possibility of
gold standard for India, and men
toned the fact that certain members of
the Currency association considered the
fifty million pounds of gold would be
sufficient to provide India with gold
currency.
The Lalla laughed the idea to scorn,
and assured me that fifty million
pounds would not suffice to replace the
silver boards of even one state.
you know he said, "how anxious
the late Maharajah Scindia was to get
back the fortress of Gwalior, but very
few know the real cause prompting
him. That was concealed hoard of
sixty crores sixty million pounds) of
rupees in certain vaults within the
fortress, over which British sentinels
had been walking for about thirty
years, never suspecting the wealth
concealed beneath their feet.
Long before the British government
gave back the fortress, every one who
knew the entrance into the concealed
hoard was dead, except one man who
was extremely old. and although in
good health he might have died any
day.
IF that had happened, the treasure
might have been lost to the owner for
ever and to the world for ages, because
there was only one entrance to the
hoard, which was most cunningly con-
cealed, and, except that entrance,
every other part was surrounded by
solid rock.
! 80 the maharajah was in such a
| fix that he must either get back his
J fortress or divafge the secret to the
government and run the risk of losing
/ the treasure forever.
when the fortress was given back to
the maharajah, and before the British
troops had left Gwalior territory,
masons were brought from Benares
sworn to secrecy in the temple of the
Holy Cow before leaving; and when
they reached the Gwalior railway sta
ton they were put into carriages,
blindfolded, and driven to the place
where they had to work.
There they were kept till they had
opened out the entrance into the Sc
cret vault; and when the concealed
hoard had been verified, and the hole
built up again, they were once more
blindfolded, put into carriages, anc
taken back to the railway station ano
rebooked for Benares under a proper
escort. Cham ers' Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
TEMPERANCE COMMANDMENTS
Ten " Thou Shafts" of y Russian Total ABB
stInence Society.


The temperance society of Odessa,
Russia, has published in its ListolE the
following ten commandments:
l. Thou shalt try to lead sober life.
2. Thou shalt not treat the fellows
with spirituous drinks.
3. Thou shalt not rent any part of
thy house, thy store or thy shop as a
place for the sale of spirituous drinks.
4. Thou shalt not trade in spirituous
drinks.
5. Thou shalt not engage in the man
ufacture of Intoxicating liquors and
wines of any kind.
6. Thou shalt preach against drunk
enness.
T. Thou shalt persuade all thy
friends and acquaintances to join the
temperance society.
8. Thou shalt never repeat or circu-
late an opinion in favor of the drink
ing of Intoxicating beverages
g. Thou shalt do all that is in thy
power to prevent others drinking in
toxicating beverages.
TO- Thou shalt watch the doings Of
those who trade in spirituous drinks
and promptly report to the authorities
and of the actions by which they
eliminate themselves before the law.
-Templar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
THE MONASTERY MENU.
What Holy Brethren Ate During the Fiji
teenth Century.

To one familiar charge it is. salts
factory to find that the brethren could
plead not guilty. There was no COR
mandizipg at St. Swithin's. The seri-
Gus meals of the day were two, dinner
at noon and supper between six and
seven; besides this there was a bowl
of porridge for breakfast, and for any
one who desired it a cup'of ale and a
bunch of bread was ready in the re-
fectory at three, when the after-din-
ner sleep was over The kitchen bills,
it must be allowed, are strangely
heavy; two thousand one hundred
pounds for the years fare, exclnsive,of
bread, beer and wine, to modern
mind would call for liberal reductions.
But if the fare was plentiful it certain
" was in no sense luxurious, even at
Christmas or on the festival of st.
Swithin himself; and upon fast days
there is an equally plain proof in the
daily bills of fare that dinner and sup
per were each a very sorry business.
Fast days, too, were disagreeably'
numerous before the reformation.
There was not only the long season, of
Lent in which to subdue the willful
appetite. but all Advent, and every
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
throughout the year. At such seasons
the boards must have been painfully
bare, for the only admissible eatables
were fish, eggs and vegetables, and
upon occasions such small mercies as
figs and raisins. Thus on Wednesday,
Nova har Ia 400 the hill of fn re for.
the two meals was salt ling, eggs, and
an entree of oysters.
On Saturdays the diet was. rather
more liberal, two or three extra dishes
of fish being added. But happily the
whole year was not made up of fast
days. and for an example of an average
bill of fare we may take that of New
Years day, 1893 Upon that occasion
the brethren had for the two meals
moile Ia dish of grated marrow and
! bread), beef and mutton. numbles (the
tenderer cuts from a haunch of veni-
! SOM, steaks as an extra dish, and bread
and beer at discretion. as our neigh
bors say. Sometimes instead of the
moile they had brose, or toasts soaked
in the dripping of the roasting meat
soup often figures as a supper dish;
fish balls or rissoles, tansy pudding
batter, custards, calves feet, tripe, all
appear among their side-dishes. On
festivals there was no more than the
slightest increase in the character of
the dinner; perhaps dish of spiced
vegetables and an extra entree, Chi
cago Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

Ex-Congressman Ben Cable, of 1lli-
nois, has little daughter who has tn"
making of great tinancier in her. Sne
day her father called her to him. my
dear" said he, "a man this morning
offered papa this room full of gold
if he would sell little brother. Now,
that means gold enough to fill this room
from wall TO wall and from floor 10
ceiling. If l sell little brother for that
sum, shall be able to buy everything
in the world you want. Shall | sell
him?" mo, papa, answered the little
girl, promptly, and then, before her de-
lighted father could embrace her FOR
expressing so much unselfish affection,
she went on: keep him till he's big
ger. He'll be worth more then" -
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